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How Plex is doing HTTPS for all its users
- benologist 10y ago... to position themselves with access to everything on your computer and everything you watch and everything in your catalog and details on every device accessing your computer, when their server and client software has no ongoing dependency on them.
- FiloSottile 10y agoDid you read the article? They vouch for the certificate signing request, they don't proxy the traffic. This is an insane privacy win against your ISP, not some obscure centralization evil scheme.
- benologist 10y agome <-secure-> Plex Inc <-then-> ???? They have secured one segment. You have nothing within your independently maintained libraries, usage, computer or devices that depends on sending anything to anyone. They retain remote access to your computer. Not a privacy win.
- FiloSottile 10y agoReally, read the article. It's you <-secure-> you
- benologist 10y agoI should have been more clear. I was talking about additional connectivity to plex.tv and others.