New details from Netflix Anti-password-sharing measures have surfaced online, showing how the platform plans to crack down on users.
The newly found information was discovered in Netflix’s US Help Center and confirmed by The Streamable (opens in new tab) on January 31; However, this page has since been removed. As of this writing, the Help Center has reverted to its previous state. Fortunately, a copy of the rules can still be found on the Wayback Machine (opens in new tab)a website that takes “screenshots” of the internet for posterity.
According to the reports, “Netflix accounts can still be shared, but only within a household.” People from outside your home can’t use this account and are instructed to create using their own account.
The platform also encourages users to log into their Netflix account using their household Wi-Fi, open the app, and “watch at least once every 31 days.” This registers your devices as “trusted”. It’s not known exactly what will happen if you don’t log in once a month, but judging by the wording your account will be banned. And if this happens to you, you need to contact Netflix for help.
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It becomes somewhat problematic when you decide to travel. the Rules state that Netflix uses identifying information such as “IP addresses, device IDs, and account activity to determine if a device” is connected to your primary location. However, if you travel “or live between different places… for an extended period of time” – likely longer than 31 days – your account may be suspended. Streamable’s report says you can ask Netflix for a temporary passcode when you’re on vacation away from home so you can watch content on the platform for “seven straight days”.
The number of devices that can be connected to your account depends on your plan. Both the Basic With Ads and Basic plans only support one device. Standard can connect to two.
Premium, on the other hand, increases the number of devices users can connect to from four to six, according to a recent announcement (opens in new tab). Additionally, Premium members will enjoy more spatial audio content as the platform expands the feature to over 700 of Netflix’s most-watched titles, such as: stranger things.
Different set of rules
Although Netflix has shut down the US side, the rules still exist on the platform Costa Rica Help Center (opens in new tab)but they are a little different.
The Costa Rican measure allows Standard and Premium users to add a person who doesn’t live with them to their account for a year additional $3 per month (opens in new tab). Additional members must also have their accounts in the same country as the original account holder. Other than that, the rules are the same, such as: B. The obligation to log in and use the service every 31 days. So if you’re thinking of going to Costa Rica, creating an account, and then going, it doesn’t look like Netflix will allow that.
It is possible that the Costa Rican version of the rules does not extend to the United States or other locations outside of Latin America. The platform doesn’t seem ready to showcase its anti-password-sharing measures to a wider audience. We reached out to Netflix to ask when the new rules will be implemented in the US (previous reports have stated March 2023) and will they be in any way similar to what Costa Rica is doing? This story will be updated when we get feedback.
If you don’t know what to watch on Netflix, be sure to check it out TechRadar’s list of the top 30 movies on the platform.
