Plex Security Incident
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Plex Security Incident
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#2Related:
Plex Update: Notice of a potential security incident - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45174684
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#3Not necessarily related, but I'll take the opportunity to share my dislike of this company. Like others, they built a loyal following around a set of features provided, no questions asked, to stream your content to your own devices.
Over the last couple of years, Plex has continued to strip functionality, add paywalls, make deals with publishing companies, and take other actions that firmly put them in the 'enshittifaction' phase. They've capitalized on the community that gave them their success, so I've cashed out as well.
At this point there is little need for those of us with some technical ability to use this software and all the bloat that comes with it. Jellyfin[1] is an excellent alternative that I've fully switched over to this last year. I will not let a company take ownership of my media library, ever.
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#4Not necessarily related, but I'll take the opportunity to share my dislike of this company. Like others, they built a loyal following around a set of features provided, no questions asked, to stream your content to your own devices. Over the last couple of years, Plex has continued to strip functionality, add paywalls, make deals with publishing companies, and take other actions that firmly put them in the 'enshittif…
Do I still need to mess with filenames in order to have jellyfin pick them up to create the library?
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#5unfortunately things like this happen a lot more than they should
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#6Edit: disregard. Just received the email.
What’s the date of this release? There was a similar release a few months ago and I’m curious if I need to again reset my account.
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#7Not necessarily related, but I'll take the opportunity to share my dislike of this company. Like others, they built a loyal following around a set of features provided, no questions asked, to stream your content to your own devices. Over the last couple of years, Plex has continued to strip functionality, add paywalls, make deals with publishing companies, and take other actions that firmly put them in the 'enshittif…
I have a “lifetime pass”. I’ve noticed some of these “features” creeping into the ecosystem (bloat), but I haven’t actually seen any stripped functionality. For the most part, it works as advertised.
That being said, a lot of my mates are moving to Jellyfin. Nothing but good things from them.
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#8Not necessarily related, but I'll take the opportunity to share my dislike of this company. Like others, they built a loyal following around a set of features provided, no questions asked, to stream your content to your own devices. Over the last couple of years, Plex has continued to strip functionality, add paywalls, make deals with publishing companies, and take other actions that firmly put them in the 'enshittif…
They removed mobile device playback rights from users who paid for this feature specifically. Nobody in their right mind will do business with Plex.
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#9> Any account passwords that may have been accessed were securely hashed, in accordance with best practices, meaning they cannot be read by a third party.
I am glad they were hashed, but that's a misleading statement. The point of hashing is to slow an attacker down, even with full best security practices (e.g. salt + pepper + argon2 w/high factors) they can still be reverse engineered. It is a matter of when, not if.
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#10Not necessarily related, but I'll take the opportunity to share my dislike of this company. Like others, they built a loyal following around a set of features provided, no questions asked, to stream your content to your own devices. Over the last couple of years, Plex has continued to strip functionality, add paywalls, make deals with publishing companies, and take other actions that firmly put them in the 'enshittif…
Do I still need to mess with filenames in order to have jellyfin pick them up to create the library?
I haven't noticed this issue any more than Plex, seems to be more about having all the files in a clear folder for a show/season than the specific individual file names. But YMMV