Jeff Bezos Hacking Linked to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

The Daily Dive

Jeff Bezos - world’s richest man, CEO of Amazon, and owner of the Washington Post was hacked by the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman. A digital forensic analysis has determined that large amounts of data were extracted after a corrupted video file was sent to Bezos from the WhatsApp account of the crown prince. Stephanie Kirchgaessner, investigative reporter for The Guardian who broke the story, joins us for how it all happened.

Next, Reuters has an exclusive report about how Apple scrapped a plan to offer end-to-end encryption of iCloud data to its users. The plan was canned after the FBI complained that the move would harm investigations into terrorists and child predators. Instead Apple shifted its focus to protecting passwords and health data. Joseph Menn, investigative technology reporter at Reuters, joins us for more.

Finally, Netflix has released some new viewership numbers for its latest hit “The Witcher.” According to Netflix, 76 million member households chose to watch the show, but those numbers might have been inflated after they changed the metric used to qualify a view. Before, someone had to watch 70% of a show or movie, now, a person only needs to watch two minutes to count as a view. Jeremy Owens, tech editor at MarketWatch, joins us for how Netflix is changing its views on “views.”

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