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		Dalewyn on Sept 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plex to block all servers hosted at Hetzner >tying the consumed media to a specific ip that can be used to tie to a specific person. A server in a data center will also have a specific IP tied to a specific person (customer of data center or ISP), assuming the server is supposed to be remotely accessible in a reliable way.

kuschku on Sept 15, 2023 [–]

Some hosters will freely give out the personal data of who owns what, others won't.

This would explain why only some hosters are affected and not others.

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