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I use a password manager with a very long randomly generated password for everything, so a hashed password leaking is essentially meaningless to me. Notifying me immediately so that I can change it ASAP is what matters.
The burner e-mail I use for stuff like this is listed in 25 other data breeches, too. I don't really care. Plex is amazing software.
I don't really understand the freak outs here.
Ugh, I feel like this is being a regular thing I need to look at with Plex... Has anyone tried any alternatives that have a decent Apple TV client? I have tried looking a couple times over the last couple years and that is always my blocking point. Ideally not a third party one, I know Jellyfin has a third party option but it always seems to have issues on my library and needs to update its cache (or something) and m…
If you only have apple clients (iOS, ipadOS, tvOS and macOS) you can try infuse. Its only a client, so you need to store your files somewhere (icloud, gdrive, you NAS) but it can then play all kinds of files and sync progress between different instances of it self. If you dont want transcoding on the server and only uses apple devices for playback it IMHO works much much better than real plex. It can also play at bei…
If true, then this will probably reignite discussions around Plex requiring that you authenticate with their servers when using the service to view content that you're hosting on your own hardware. If anyone is curious, then alternatives like Jellyfin exist. It's a bit different and may not have all the features you need, but it works quite well in my experience.
Perhaps the most important thing about Jellyfin is that it's open source. I really wish the project received a little bit more love.
Jellyfin may not be perfect but surely it's good enough for most use cases.
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The difference between email and password is you can validate a password with a hash, but you can’t send an email to a hashed address. Their db may be encrypted at rest, but a hacker could still compromise a system that has the key in memory.
> a hacker could still compromise a system that has the key in memory. Security is about layers. Simply because a hacker “could” do something, does not mean it’s a bad idea. Getting the encryption key when it’s not stored in the database requires the hacker to now have access not to just the database but to another system as well.
But the hackers would have to know what algorithm was used :) That's a layer, right?
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Are there alternatives with smart tv apps?
Jellyfin has an official app for Roku but I am not sure about other platforms like webOS.
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Since you have an AppleTV, what is the advantage to you of using Plex instead of just an iTunes instance with Home Sharing turned on? Do you have non-Apple devices you're trying to stream to, or something else? I tried Plex years ago, and it wasn't to my liking because it was philosophically like Windows (Load the filename up with show information and constantly ping the internet for matches) instead of macOS (Metada…
Well are you pirating stuff? I've been using Plex for years now and so its mostly just what I know but when I first started using it the main things it did were a) handle codec issues (transcoding on the fly when needed) b) pulling metadata and images for movies and shows based on title and year in the file name. C) allow remote users (friends, family, etc) access to your library via the app, which works out to being…
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Perhaps the most important thing about Jellyfin is that it's open source. I really wish the project received a little bit more love.
I like Jellyfin, but I need the Samsung client to be finished first. At least it looks like it has been started: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-tizen
question: why use Plex over Kodi?
Like clockwork. I just joined recently and of course they have a breach. I knew I should've stayed away when they required an account for you to view your own media. Does Jellyfin let you get past this security issue?
I personally run Jellyfin, and aside from security issues, I'm quite pleased with it.
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This is exactly what I had happen as well. I'm going to give it some time. I also even went through these steps ( https://support.plex.tv/articles/204281528-why-am-i-locked-o... ) without success.
It didn't work for me after restarting with a new claim and when i checked the preferences it contained `PlexOnlineToken=""`. After removing the attribute entirely it was able to successfully reclaim the server.