Why am I able to navigate and playback media on servers that are not mine?

[Larry 0]

Does anyone know why my login (at emby.media) is giving me access to other people's servers?

Potentially relevant details:

• I have not used Emby since approximately 2017 (Thank you, I enjoyed it!)
• I am here today because I received an email ("Confirm Emby Account Link") that someone has added a server named "Aspire" to my account
• I can successfully connect to, login, and then playback the media on these servers that are not mine
• These other servers all belong to people also named "Larry", but I do not know any of these people

[Abobader 3464]

Hello Larry,

** This is an auto reply **

Please wait for someone from staff support or our members to reply to you.

It's recommended to provide more info, as it explain in this thread:

Thank you.

Emby Team

[Larry 0]

Important detail I forgot to mention:
I did NOT click on "I Confirm This Link" in the email, but I can now see that person's server anyway.

[Luke 42078]

Hi, they must have granted you access. I would simply delete the ones that are not yours.

[Larry 0]

Okay, I have deleted them.

Thank you.

[Luke 42078]

Just for more info, the linking process accepts both username and email, and they were probably trying to grant access to someone they know named Larry, not realizing it would go to your username Larry. We're planning on changing that to be by email only to avoid that from happening.

[Larry 0]

Ah, I see! That makes sense. It looks like 4 people have accidentally added me over the past few years.

Thanks for the additional info.

 

[Carlo 4561]

Hey, just imagine if your Emby Connect username was Bob or John.