Ah, it’s ok to steal IP to build models, but not to use those models to steal IP. Got it.

I haven’t used Plex in a while, but I presume it would go similarly to my Jellyfin migration this year.

I pulled out a 10 year old laptop from my pile of scrap, installed a light-weight Linux server that can run containers, and I’ve been running LinuxServer.io’s Jellyfin container on it. Updates are pretty easy and I don’t have to worry about cluttering the host box’s packages with dependencies that may or may not conflict with the other things I run in it.

If you have the time to figure out how to run apps in containers, I highly recommend doing so. There’s a lot of documentation for Docker, and Docker Compose files make managing the containers pretty easy.

You’re delving into the unpleasant realm of risk assessment. How likely is the app going to be targeted by a threat actor, and how badly could they use it to damage your data or system?

If it’s a public facing service, I’d immediately check if I have alternative applications I could migrate too. Any hold an outsider gets through the public facing app could be used to pivot further into my network.

If it’s something that doesn’t interact with the network at all, then I wouldn’t worry nearly as much, but might look for alternatives any just because I know this isn’t going to get improved at all. Somewhere in the middle, you need to decide how much risk you can accept.

I just got to an epilogue for 1000xResist this morning. Ummm, I’m not even sure which character is really the main character. Blue is a good candidate. I guess I’m experiencing multiple people’s trauma and then deciding what the future will be like.

All in all, there are certainly worse positions to be in.