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“#Netflix test stops you from using someone else\u2019s password<\/strong>”
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\n It\u2019s a fact of life: Netflix passwords get shared. At this point, I\u2019m pretty sure half of New York City has borrowed my Netflix password at one point or another, and so far, the streaming service has been rather nonchalant about password sharing. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has even gone on the record multiple times to say sharing a login is \u201ca positive thing<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now it seems the company is considering tightening the reins a little. As first reported by The Streamable<\/a>, some Netflix users began to see a prompt basically telling them to get their own accounts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t live with the owner of this account, you need your own account to keep watching,\u201d reads the message. It then asks users to either sign up for a trial, or verify their identity with an email or text.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re real tight with the actual account owner, you could just have that person send you that verification code, but you might be in trouble if you\u2019re still using your ex-roommate\u2019s password they gave you five years ago. It\u2019s also not clear how Netflix is defining a household. It could theoretically use IP addresses, but that won\u2019t cover the wealth of devices people tend to watch Netflix on (that said, the test app<\/a>ears to be limited to TV devices for now).<\/p>\n

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O no. Netflix doing the purge?!? pic.twitter.com\/XXlHtfgfsy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 chante most (@DOP3Sweet) March 9, 2021<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For its part, Netflix isn\u2019t specifying how permanent the feature will be. A spokesperson told The Streamable, \u201cThis test is designed to help ensure that people using Netflix accounts are authorized to do so.\u201d That could be framed as a security measure against, say, stolen passwords, but the way the prompt is phrased makes it clear the primary intent is to limit password sharing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Truth be told, it seemed like such a move was inevitable. While this test doesn\u2019t mean Netflix will implement the crackdown widely any time soon, there\u2019s a huge amount of Netflix viewers who don\u2019t actually pay for the service. Research suggests as much as a third of Netflix users share their account information<\/a> with someone outside their household; it\u2019s hard to imagine Netflix will allow all that potential money to go untapped for long.<\/p>\n

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\n Published March 11, 2021 \u2014 22:24 UTC\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n