Disable webaccess to emby server?

[pünktchen 1410]

2 hours ago, C.S. said:

What are the good reasons for whitelisting based on device? Is that not added complexity?

It adds a third layer of security: user + password + device id. It also prevents your friends and family to share their accounts with other friends or to use their credentials with devices in hotels and similar public areas where they maybe forget to logout after use. It also gives you some kind of control over your premiere device limit.

Edited 6 hours ago by pünktchen

[C.S. 95]

So to really make use of that feature, I would need to add every single device for every user individually. Each time anyone gets a new phone, TV, tablet - they would need to call me so I can temporarily enable access for them from all devices, wait for them to log in* on the new device, then (remember to) go back and lock them down again.

That's a nightmare. Does anyone actually do this? Does my suggestion sound more complex than the above scenario?

All I'm saying is I might like to ban LG given their security issues, or browsers because unreliable playback, or something else because something else. There are a million reasons anyone might want to ban anything. None of them are anyone else's business any more than it is why you could be - not saying you are, just saying you could be - restricting grandma to the TV in the basement.

*I skipped the part where I reset their password because of course they don't know their password because I gave them a good password.