February 5, 2023 8:44am EST
The end of free rides: How Netflix is tackling account sharing
We knew it was coming and here’s how Netflix is going to war against freeloaders
By Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report | Fox News
Revealing pages on the Netflix site were taken down as quickly as they were posted showing how Netflix plans to crackdown on sharing the same streaming account.
Netflix has said the enforcement plans are not going into effect in the U.S., for now, and were posted in error – but not before the battle plan details were captured.
Here’s what we learned about a Netflix crackdown
It all comes down to the fingerprint of your home account.
Traffic on the internet can be measured right down to your unique broadband connection at your home. Netflix may be planning to match your home’s unique IP address to authenticate your account.
According to the leaked help pages related to sharing an account with others outside your household, Netflix is likely to examine that location information and compare it to logins on your Netflix account from outside your residence. Logins located outside your address would be challenged to confirm the account credentials every 31 days.
All along, Netflix has warned it would end password sharing in 2023 so these rules briefly posted with intent or not represent the first shot across the bow that the battle is about to begin in the United States.
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