Leakage of data from Smart-TV jellyfin apps? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works to c/jellyfin@lemmy.ml

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This is maybe a little paranoid but... i have a jellyfin server that i let some family members use. one of them intends to use an app for apple tv, which i think is swiftfin or something like that. i am a bit skeptical about smart-TVs and the data they phone home with, so i was wondering if there is any chance that i could be compromised due to the linux isos i host on jellyfin due to some sneaky smart-TV stuff?

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[-] lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

First: compromised how?

I dont want to be receiving dmca letters (or similar where i live). So I mean having access to what is being played (the names of the files would be a dead giveaway).

[-] Clusterfck 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Let’s be real, it’s in those companies best interest that we never know even if they are seeing that. As soon as someone got a DMCA notice because their Roku told the government they pirated Deadpool, there would be a massive amount of damage control required.

[-] lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

true, good take

[-] entropicdrift 4 points 3 months ago

Also, Roku or whoever has no way of verifying you pirated it and aren't just watching a blu-ray you owned and ripped to your jellyfin server

[-] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 4 points 3 months ago

Should be fine; I've used swiftfin on iOS devices (iPad, iPhone, and Apple TV) for literal years and the copyright police haven't shown up.

[-] lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Ok thanks! The price of not really knowing how things work is apparently paranoia cries in technical illiteracy

[-] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 4 points 3 months ago

Nothing wrong with asking a question, especially when you're talking about devices that are notorious for sending every scrap of data they can gather to everywhere. (Looking at you, Roku.)

[-] digdilem@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Interesting thought.

IANAL, but I understand that most successful prosecutions have been for /distributing/ copyright material, rather than /consuming/ it. I think that's quite a big distinction, legally, and watching a dodgy recording is less clearly illegal in many countries and may be entirely legal - even if they could prove that filename = actual file.