Privacy.
What getplaid.direct keeps about your server, for how long, and what this website keeps about you: nothing.
Kept
What getplaid.direct stores
Only once you turn remote access on, and only this, per server:
- A random id, 6 characters
- A name derived from your server’s name, like
living-room - A hash (SHA-256) of the server’s secret token, never the token itself
- Your public IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
- The external port your router forwards
- The PLAID version
- When the server registered and when it was last seen
- While a certificate is issued, temporary DNS challenge values, which expire after an hour
Never
What it never sees
Your videos, your libraries, your accounts, or who watches what. Video goes straight from your server to the screen; getplaid.direct only answers DNS.
Gone
When it’s deleted
At once, when you turn remote access off. Automatically, when a server hasn’t been seen for 30 days.
Server
The PLAID server itself
No telemetry. To match your films, it sends TMDB and fanart.tv their titles, years and ids, from your server’s IP. Nothing about your accounts or what anyone watches.
Site
This website
No analytics, no cookies, no third-party scripts or fonts. If you switch to the light theme, that choice is stored in your browser only and never sent anywhere.
Ask
Questions
Open a GitHub issue. What the service does is specified in its protocol.