Although the headline focusses on a obvious category of media, it really can go wrong on a lot of other categories as well.

  • _number8_@lemmy.world
    77·
    2 years ago

    Anyway, if the concern is that Plex, the company, has access to this data, then yeah, you probably should have read the privacy policy a little closer.

    come on, you know this is a non answer. also plex shouldn’t have this data, it should be for the admin only.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      122·
      2 years ago

      It’s a non-answer that their privacy policy explicitly states that they will collect this type of information and that they stipulate what kind parties they can share that info with?

      https://www.plex.tv/about/privacy-legal/

      That’s the straightest answer that you’re going to get. Privacy policies like this are bullshit, but they’re also the norm so acting like it’s a non-answer after 20 years of this being the norm seems a little… naive, perhaps?

    • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      They say they use it to sync up your watch history to your account so it can sync across devices, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they were selling your watch telemetry to advertisers as well.