EntertainmentStreamingThis is how the Netflix password sharing block will workNetflix has started to reveal how its password sharing crackdown will be implementedWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
EntertainmentStreamingThis is how the Netflix password sharing block will workNetflix has started to reveal how its password sharing crackdown will be implementedWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Netflix has started to reveal how its password sharing crackdown will be implemented
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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We know that theNetflixpasswordcrackdownis looming, but we didn’t know exactly how it would work – until now.Netflix’s Costa Rican help centre has posted details of the password system, and while it’s not been confirmed that the procedure detailed is the same as it’ll be in the US, EU and UK it’s unlikely to be very different.
The details come viaThe Streamable,who reports that Netflix will ask you to pick a primary location. That will enable anybody in that location to use the same Netflix account.
If you want to share your account with people who don’t live with you, you’ll need to sign up to the extra member scheme. For a fee, this enables you to add more people to your account.
If people try to access your account without being part of the extra member scheme, their access to your account will be blocked. And that’s not the only blocking Netflix intends to do.
Netflix is having a block party
According to The Streamable, Netflix expects you to log in from your primary location’s Wi-Fi (it says via the app or website, and I’m assuming app includes smart TV apps) to watch something at least every 31 days. If you don’t, you might find your account blocked.
There’s some good news here, though: if you’re travelling, you can request a temporary code that enables you to use Netflix at another location for seven days. Presumably nobody at Netflix goes on holiday for longer than that.
It may bepossiblefor legitimate users to get around the location-based blocking, but Netflix is clearly taking password sharing very seriously so I wouldn’t be entirely surprised if we saw a similar game of whack-a-mole as we did when Netflix started cracking down on VPN users back in 2016.
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