Netflix has a new FAQ support document that signals the password-sharing crackdown is about to begin – here’s what you need to know.
It’s no secret that Netflix is tired of the password-sharing practice that most subscribers employ. The streamer announced a crackdown is coming this year after years of turning a blind eye to customers sharing their Netflix credentials outside of their households.
We’ve heard how Netflix might stop people from sharing passwords in recent months, but nothing was official. Fast-forward to late January, and Netflix has new help pages for the US that explain the new rules. The streamer has devised ways to determine whether you’re sharing your password with people outside your home.
The support pages also explain in detail how Netflix will try to curb password-sharing. Notably absent from the document are payment provisions. Netflix isn’t ready to charge subscribers an extra fee for the non-household people who use their accounts.
Netflix published the Sharing your Netflix account guidelines at this link. Netflix makes it clear that people “who do not live in your household will need to use their own account to watch Netflix.”
“When a device outside of your household signs in to an account or is used persistently, we may ask you to verify that device before it can be used to watch Netflix or switch your Netflix household,” Netflix explains. “We do this to confirm that the device using the account is authorized to do so.
