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Weird URL in Pi-Hole logs (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was looking through my Pi-hole logs and a strange URL is regularly coming up that I can't figure out what it is used for.

ap.syncforreddit.com

Does anyone have any insight?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

It's oauth token exchange for redgif stuff. Ideally it would be local, but that's not quite possible.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

When you watch a video using Sync, like from redtube, you are actually asking the Sync server to find the video in the link and send you what it finds. Same with downloading a video. This is because the Dev constantly has to update the code that extracts videos from websites.

So he knows all the porn you watch.

(I'm just guessing what's going on based on my own usage of the app and seeing this url. Either that or it's pure spying and not needed at all.)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

I don't use any Redtube links, maybe the odd Youtube link but I mostly save them to look at on my desktop.

I even tried to follow the link and it took me to a Google play store "app unavailable" screen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Apparently sync for Lemmy uses the same servers/domain name as sync for Reddit