Netflix Could Soon Put an End to Password Sharing

Posted by on Mar 12, 2022 in Netflix, News

Netflix could before long start corking downward on password sharing. The visitor has started showing messages to some Netflix subscribers using a "borrowed" password that "If you don't live with the possessor of this account, you lot need your own business relationship to keep watching."

To continue watching, subscribers need to ostend the business relationship by inbound a verification lawmaking that will be sent to the linked email address or mobile number.

Netflix has known about "password sharing," in which one subscriber shares their account with their friends and family who are not living in the same business firm. The company never actively cracked down on such users, but it looks like that's about to change.

AsThe Streamablereports, Netflix correct now is only testing the business relationship verification prompt on TVs.

A Netflix spokesperson toldThe Streamable, "This examination is designed to aid ensure that people using Netflix accounts are authorized to do so."

It is not articulate how Netflix is determining whether multiple viewers using one account are in the same household or not.

Netflix's terms and conditions land that ane account can only exist shared among family members living in the same household. The visitor already has limitations on streaming devices across its various plans. The Basic plan allows streaming content to only i device, while the Standard plan allows streaming on up to ii devices. The Ultra plan allows streaming on up to four devices at in one case.

Information technology is unclear when and how Netflix plans on rolling out an business relationship verification prompt for all its subscribers. Information technology is also unclear if the company has taken this step to crack down on countersign sharing or for other reasons.

[Via The Streamable]