Netflix is losing revenue through account sharing of Netflix accounts, which is why sharing Netflix accounts beyond one's own household is to be more strongly prevented in the future, apart from a fee for sharing accounts . Netflix is now explaining in more detail for the first time how this is to be achieved technically.
In an FAQ, Netflix first explains which people are allowed to use a Netflix account together. As before, only members of a household may use a shared Netflix account. The members of a household are those people who live together at the main location. All other users need their own Netflix subscription.
Connect to the main site's Wi-Fi every 31 days
To ensure that accounts aren't shared with friends who live entirely elsewhere, Netflix will require that every device intended to watch Netflix connect to the Wi-Fi network at the account's main location every 31 days and say something about the Netflix app or Netflix website is streaming. In this way, the device is regularly assigned to the main location of the account. An undertaking that makes the sharing of accounts significantly more difficult, if not impossible. Because even if a smartphone is quickly integrated into a friend's network, if you live close together and see each other regularly, it becomes more difficult with the Smart TV. Netflix states that information such as IP addresses, device IDs and account activity is collected to determine if a logged-in device is linked to the primary location. It is unclear whether Netflix actually means the WLAN or the network in general.
If this activation does not take place every 31 days, the respective device will be blocked.
Bypass with VPN possible?
However, tech-savvy users may be able to circumvent this detection for Netflix account sharing by briefly VPN-connecting the remote user's entire network to the main site's network, thereby re-enrolling the devices. Routers like the AVM Fritz!Box offer such a function, with which not only individual devices, but the entire network is connected to another network via VPN.
Open is also , how services used, such as Apple's iCloud Private Relay, deal with this block or whether they need to be deactivated.
Access code for travel
Netflix has also thought of travel. If you are away from your primary location for an extended period of time, locking your device may request a time-limited access code to continue using Netflix. This code allows you to use Netflix for 7 consecutive days. The FAQ does not yet state whether this code can be requested several times in a row if you are not at the main location for a long time.
>Transfer Netflix profile to new account
In the FAQ, Netflix makes it clear once again that when opening a new account, the profile from an existing account to the new account can be transferred. If you want to stop sharing your Netflix account in the future, you don't have to do without your lists and progress.