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Here's How Netflix Is Now Cracking Down On Password Sharing

Here's How Netflix Is Now Cracking Down On Password Sharing

Here's How Netflix Is Now Cracking Down On Password Sharing Netflix is testing ways to stop customers from sharing the service they purchased with people living outside the paying subscriber’s home. In some markets, including Australia, Netflix interrupts streaming on home televisions where there is no registered user. When Netflix detects this, the screen turns black with a couple of white print sentences including: “If you don’t live with the owner of this account, you need your own account to keep watching.” The streaming video service is offering new customers a free 30-day trial. For years streaming services such as Netflix and HBO Max hav…

by Kristin Palpini

03/13/2021