Disney+ Might Have a Notable Hacker Problem • Hacker News Board

Re: Disney+ Might Have a Notable Hacker Problem

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Post by lonelappde » Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 1:39 AM UTC

bronco21016 wrote: post #10

Starkus wrote: post #7

Does anyone else still torrent? I rarely watch a tv show or a movie, but when I do I just torrent it. I've been doing this since Limewire (which was a lot of really shitty porn at the time). Showed my boys Princess Mononoke the other day - will show them the Mandalorian tonight, a buddy told me its pretty good

I think many people, even if they pay for the services, still torrent. It’s so much more convenient to have everything in Plex where it plays across all devices rather than chase down which app/device combo has the content you’re looking for.

Plex has 20 million users to Netflix 150million despite Netflix's far higher price. The public says Netflix is far more convenient.

Re: Disney+ Might Have a Notable Hacker Problem

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Post by thu2111 » Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 11:26 AM UTC

smacktoward wrote: post #12

MaupitiBlue wrote: post #3

With 10m moms and dads signing up, I'm going to guess this is largely due to password reuse from prior hacks. Christmas123.

It does seem like a particularly soft target in that regard. We really need a 2FA solution that's friendly enough for normal people to use. Like, yesterday.

It exists already. Disney could just federate their logins to Google, for example, and all these problems are solved for them for free.

Note that both Google and Facebook have extensive infrastructures in place to detect and block password reuse based account hacking. Knowing the password is not enough to always log in to a Google account. In some cases the login process will ask you questions about your account or ask you to receive a code on your phone to verify authenticity. It's a bit like a heuristically triggered and thus easier form of 2FA.

Disney's problem here is that they have tried to make their own global federated account system but without much expertise in doing so. Tech firms have successfully fought off and blocked these attacks years ago.

Re: Disney+ Might Have a Notable Hacker Problem

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Post by bronco21016 » Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 7:45 AM UTC

lonelappde wrote: post #31

bronco21016 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think many people, even if they pay for the services, still torrent. It’s so much more convenient to have everything in Plex where it plays across all devices rather than chase down which app/device combo has the content you’re looking for.

Plex has 20 million users to Netflix 150million despite Netflix's far higher price. The public says Netflix is far more convenient.

It’s a different audience.

Despite UX improvements to Plex, and running a Plex server, it is still a fairly technical endeavor. However, that doesn’t mean the millions more of people who have Netflix, but not Plex, do not dream of a day where simply all video media is in one place.

Almost anyone I introduce to Plex is simply mesmerized and the growing community of shared Plex servers shows that it is taking off. The continued fragmentation of all of these exclusive streaming services is just going to drive more and more people back to DIY solutions.