Re:Plex to block all servers hosted at Hetzner
by npteljes on Friday September 15, 2023 @04:43AM
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Yeah, these "excepts" I don't trust at all. Facebook only collected phone numbers for 2fa, then used them for advertising, sometimes debug builds ship instead of prod builds and then everything you type is collected into a plaintext file on your computer, and data leaks all the time. When I use a software like this, I fully expect the data to be public (or given to authorities) at a point, and separate my concerns accordingly.
What would Plex gain from collecting information about user content ? Is Plex capable of collecting user content information if requested by authorities ?
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Plex collects the following information:
Personal Data Individually identifiable Usage stats (what, when, where) Debug info (logs, metadata, devices, media) Device info Opt in info through the software
Plex Media Server - Config data (may include IP address and the name of a Plex Media Server) - Application info (unique application ID) - Debug info - Usage info
Plex does not collect - Content titles (of personal content) EXCEPT for debugging - Metadata (of perosnal content) EXECEPT content syncing, metadata matching (anonymous) or third parties. - Data through Plex relay service EXECEPT for buffering (but is end to end encrypted)