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Re:Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Thei... by vlod on Monday November 27, 2023 @02:38PM (#38437109)
TIP: don't update your plex server. Really all you want is to watch your stuff and don't want any of the junk they keep pushing. You can get that by not succumbing to FOMO.

Obvious disclaimer is to not connect your server to the internet.

Re:Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Thei... by username190 on Monday November 27, 2023 @03:07PM (#38437497)
Bear in mind that not updating your Plex server could leave you open to security vulnerabilities. The most notable example of this is last year's massive LastPass breach, which began with malware installed on a LastPass employee's home computer via a RCE exploit in their out-of-date Plex Media Server instance. [1]

[1] https://www.pcmag.com/news/lastpass-employee-couldve-prevent...

Re:Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Thei... by olyjohn on Monday November 27, 2023 @03:22PM (#38437705)
Meh, this guy was targeted and opened an attachment or was tricked into doing something, that's how the malware originally got on his home computer, which then targeted the Plex server. You don't just randomly exploit someone's Plex server when it's behind their firewall.
Re:Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Thei... by solardev on Monday November 27, 2023 @08:03PM (#38440930)
Why is "LastPass" almost always followed up with "Breach"? Are they exceptionally insecure, or just exceptionally transparent?
Re:Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Thei... by tbihl on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @11:09AM (#38447262)
They are the most transparent company I have ever seen. And they have a big target on their backs...
Re:Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Thei... by prepend on Monday November 27, 2023 @02:41PM (#38437143)
I think my Plex version is 5-10 years old. I really don’t need any new features and my next upgrade will probably be to jellyfin or something else.
Re:Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Thei... by ryaneager on Monday November 27, 2023 @02:42PM (#38437161)
Or switch to Jellyfin and forget about all the Plex bullshit.