Kodi is an open source application that allows you to manage and view all of your locally saved media. And just like its great rival Plex, it also offers a way to view your media on other devices.
The technology is more primitive than Plex. Kodi takes an IP-based approach to allow remote access, while Plex requires you to log in to your Plex Media Server. Unfortunately, though, the IP-based approach is flawed, at least in terms of how Kodi implemented it.
Kodi uses a Chorus 2 interface to enable remote access. This makes many things possible. For example, someone could browse your plugins and see what you have installed. With law enforcement agencies promising an imminent crackdown on users of illegal plugins. How your Amazon Fire Kodi and TV box can cause problems Kodi and Amazon Fire Kodi TV stick are incredibly popular. However, while users are drawn to both the flexibility of Kodi and the Amazon Fire TV Stick, they could easily land themselves in legal hot water. Read More
Perhaps more worryingly, a hacker could also change your Kodi app settings. For example, they could disable the mouse pointer or gain access to usernames and passwords.
Lastly, anyone with remote access can view all of his videos. The thought of someone using your account to watch the latest episode of Orange Is The New Black It might not worry you, but if you have personal videos in your collection, it's a major security issue.
You just need to change a few settings within the Kodi app. The username and password for the remote access function are set to “administration” by default. You need to change the password or disable the function.
Open Kodi and go to Settings> Services> Control . To completely disable remote access, slide the switch next to Allow remote control over HTTP . To change the username and password, highlight the appropriate fields in the Web Server section.
Have you changed the password for Kodi's remote access feature? Let us know in the comments below.
