Streaming television colossus Netflix was dabbling with more strictly enforcing its rule against sharing passwords with people living elsewhere, according to US media reports last Friday.
Some Netflix users who were apparently tapping into other people s accounts turned to Twitter to share news of an apparent crackdown along with posts of a notice telling them they need to be subscribers to keep watching the service.
Netflix included an offer to try the service free for 30 days, according to a copy posted on Twitter. Oh no, Netflix doing the purge? the Twitter user wrote in the post.
Netflix offers to verify who is trying to log into an account by sending a code via text message or email to the subscriber to confirm the user lives with them.
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Netflix is testing a crackdown on password sharing after years of letting people get away with not paying for their own accounts
Netflix is testing a crackdown on password sharing after years of letting people get away with not paying for their own accounts
Avery HartmansMar 12, 2021, 06:22 IST
Anya Taylor-Joy stars as Beth Harmon in The Queen s Gambit on Netflix.Ken Woroner/Netflix
Netflix is testing a crackdown on sharing passwords with those outside your household.
The practice is already forbidden, but Netflix hasn t enforced the rule in the past.
The
streaming service places limits on streaming from multiple devices simultaneously.
Highlights
Netflix is testing a feature that will probably ask its viewers to verify whether they share a household with the account holder or not.
Few users have already received a message from Netflix asking them to confirm whether they live with the account owner or not by entering details from a text message or email sent to the owner.
If the viewers don’t respond to the messages, then maybe after another message, they will be asked to open a new account to continue streaming.
Popular streaming service Netflix is testing a feature that will probably ask its viewers to verify whether they share a household with the account holder or not, a move that is aimed at the clampdown on sharing of passwords.
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