- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
Plex has announced a massive price increase on the service’s Lifetime Plex Pass. On July 1, the lifetime subscription option will go from $249.99 to $749.99, an increase of 200%. The price hike will only apply to new subscribers, with no changes to monthly or annual subscription pricing.



Please tell me, oh wise one, how do you fix the glaring security issues that are the reason even Jellyfin Stans admit that you should use a VPN?
Port forward, filter ips, take reasonable precautions on the trust of networks.
It’s not rocket science, as you mentioned in your other vitriol.
I think you don’t understand the nature of the exploit.
Anybody who can see the Jellyfin login page can use the Jellyfin server’s permissions to play media directly from your media library.
Port forwarding doesn’t matter. Jellyfin hosts on port 80/443 which you have to allow for the service to function. Most clients are on dynamic IPs or CGNATs so unless you’re going to manually change the IP filter for every single user every few days, IP filters are not a reasonable solution.
‘Take reasonable precautions on the trust of networks’ doesn’t even make sense. Your Jellyfin server is either available to the Internet or not available to the Internet. If you choose not to trust the Internet (the actual mitigation) then you obtain access to your Jellyfin server through a VPN.
What? How is port forwarding adding anything to security? How does blocking IP ranges help prevent attacks on the unsecured backend?