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I have docker installed, but only have a vague idea of how it works.

Back in the day, I would just port forward, but even then, I would need a static IP somehow.

I have heard a reverse proxy is an option, but that is an entirely new topic to me.

Surely there is an easy way to access Jellyfin outside of my home network that I'm just missing.

*Edit: I am blown away by all the help and support! I currently have tailscale running, and I'm in the process of purchasing a domain.

Thanks everyone!

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[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll have to say it has been decades since I've seen an ad show up on my screen. However, as I said, I do not run the *arr stack or JF, so my experience might not be applicable to everyone.

So, you stream a video using JF or other and you are getting ads show up? Like pre-roll ads, or other? That just sounds weird to me. Could you provide a screen capture of said intrusions?

[–] happydoors@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is content recommended on YouTube, essentially. Not the usual long form content but the shorts feed in particular draws specifically from my Jellyfin downloads and views. Not ads, necessarily, but video clips of movies or similar genres in my algorithmic feeds based on apps using zero trust. It is typically a pattern of download a movie(behind mullvad) or watch Jellyfin and then notice similar movie clips by the next morning. I’m not really interested in going over the details on this thread because it’s not the main topic and there are many other ways this type of behavior happens. For instance, I have Jellyfin installed on a google chromecast and that could be enough or the actual leak. I have a pi-hole running and don’t see many traditional ads but YT shorts was an area where I could physically see how my location, travels, and activity on the web in other places changed the clips they served me in realtime. Pretty cool and scary stuff! I’ve been slowly pruning back corporate spyware. Good luck out there.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Ok cool. I was just curious. I think you're the first I've heard with this situation so it piqued my interest.