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Plex update raises concerns over potential sharing of porn viewing habits | Be careful what you watch::undefined

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[-] AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 50 points 2 years ago

Lmao what the fuck Plex.

Who the fuck thought it would be a good idea to have this thing be opt out instead of opt in? Well actually, I'm sure they realised that nobody would opt in because nobody fucking wants this garbage. So the only option is to make it opt out, right guys?

[-] protput@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Can I opt out for all the users in my library?

[-] AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

No idea, sorry.

[-] lando55@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago

That's a pretty misguided decision, but who is hosting their own porn?

[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

monke see video, monke put in library

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 17 points 2 years ago

Ever since pornhub nuked their library, people start filling up their homework folder again so they won't most their favorite homework data.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 15 points 2 years ago

People put the media they've downloaded onto their Plex server. If some people are downloading porn, it makes sense that they'd be putting that on their Plex server too.

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago
[-] queue 5 points 2 years ago

I can see someone using Plex/Jellyfin to host their sex work media, like a "Netflix for my boobs/cock/ass/etc." since both let you manage who has access and what not.

That said, it's probably a bad idea for that, and general porn.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 25 points 2 years ago

Here's a thread from yesterday so people can see the over 200 comments already made on this subject (links in my instance, the OP of that post's instance, and the host instance):

[-] tarmac@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yet another reason to be thankful for Jellyfin.

[-] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

a bit buggy, but i have full control.

[-] PixelAlchemist@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

The view-state sync feature and all the social stuff is def opt-in though. Of course they made it super easy to do the opt-in, they want to push that feature, but I remember I did have to actively choose both of those things after the update.

Obviously I don’t really want my “friends” getting weekly emails about what I’m watching, but I don’t know — If I were self-hosting my own porn, maybe I’d take 5 extra seconds to read the screen that says stuff about sharing activity.

[-] TauriWarrior@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Except if you read it the Discover Together feature is opt-out

[-] PixelAlchemist@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I did read it - what I meant is that I think the author of the article was mistaken.

[-] kibiz0r@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

That’s fucking hilarious.

[-] BigDiction@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

What’s the identifier referenced in the IMDB database? Some kind of unique content id?

[-] CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Exactly. IMDB assigns an identifier to each piece of content, and Plex (or Jellyfin/Emby/etc) use that to pull metadata.

[-] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I’m just now getting acquainted with Plex myself. I have no desire to open it up to beyond my local network nor other users and I’m guessing that’s a good decision based on these kind of feature rollouts I’m hearing about.

[-] Ruthalas@infosec.pub 3 points 2 years ago

Anyone concerned about this should look into Stashbox.

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