Netflix Gives Account Holders the Ability To Kick Freeloaders (arstechnica.com) 30
Netflix has introduced a new account management page called "Manage Access and Devices" that gives users the ability to remove access privileges from specific devices. The feature is available on the web and in the streaming service's Android and iOS apps. Ars Technica reports: Previously, users could see a list of devices that had recently accessed their accounts, and they could revoke access to all devices simultaneously, but they could not revoke access on a case-by-case basis. Each item in the list of devices will include an IP address-based location, a device type, and the user profile that most recently accessed Netflix from that device.
Netflix describes it as a security feature, in that it's useful to users who don't share their passwords at all. For example, you now have a way to clean up after yourself if you stayed at an Airbnb and signed into your Netflix account on the smart TV there but forgot to sign out before you left. Further, the page could help you identify if someone has gained access to your account via a compromised password.
Netflix describes it as a security feature, in that it's useful to users who don't share their passwords at all. For example, you now have a way to clean up after yourself if you stayed at an Airbnb and signed into your Netflix account on the smart TV there but forgot to sign out before you left. Further, the page could help you identify if someone has gained access to your account via a compromised password.
AirBNB? (Score:2)
Re: AirBNB? (Score:1)
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> Why go to an AirBNB to watch Netflix when you can do it at home. I thought holidays were for things you can't do at home
Are AirBNB's only for holidays?
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Are AirBNB's only for holidays?
Did all the hotels burn down?
Last I checked the corporate agreements with traditional temporary housing hasn't changed much.
Re:AirBNB? (Score:4, Interesting)
Why go to an AirBNB to watch Netflix when you can do it at home. I thought holidays were for things you can't do at home
Whenever I go to Madrid, I go out in the morning, typical breakfast, then some museums, some shoping, some lunch, some walking, meeting old friends (did MBA there, and many of the Venezuelan diaspora is there too), some amiless walking to places that meant something, some dinner, then, I get to my hotel room, happy, tired, with swolen feet, and want to watch TV for a while before going to sleep.
Personally, I watch Digital OtA TV while there (good way to get abreast on what's happening there), but I can understand if some tourist watches Netflix instead.
Many a time, my work has taken me to places like Dusseldorf, Munich, Irwing, Toulousse, Bogota, Medellin, Mexico or Curitiva (when I was younger, to be trained, now, to train people). When I was in my late 20s and early 30's after a hard day of receiving training, I'd go out and explore the cities, but in my late 40's, after a hard day of giving training, I just wanted to go to the hotel, rest a little, watch a little tv, catch a brief siesta, and then watch a little more TV while preparing the next day's class and the expenses reports and other admin stuff.
I'd make do with the Hotel's cable, but I could understand if someone wanted to use netflix instead.
When I was a kid, 12yo (netflix did not exist at that time), I was in margarita island (google for it) and in the 2nd day of our 2 week stay, I got 2nd degree sunbruns (blisters and all) on my back. For the next 8 days, I could not get any sun whatsoever. Could swim in the pool from 530pm til 6pm (when the shadow of the hotel tower covered the pool), and sitting ws a pain (putting my back on the chaird rest).
So, most of that trip in the room watching TV... If I only had netflix in the '80s!
I'd not only wager more people than me have similar experiences, but also that some people would give more examples than just these three.
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Why do people have this urge to tell everyone that they have no idea how an immune system works?
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Why pay for a Pfizer vaccine when you can get the Pfizer vaccine for free at an AirBnB? Just start rifling through those medicine cabinets.
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Why go to an AirBNB to watch Netflix when you can do it at home. I thought holidays were for things you can't do at home
You don't sleep or wind down on holiday? I mean both of those you can do at home. Why do you book accommodation at all?
We can tell that they are serious (Score:2)
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So I can gather up 4 friends with solo accounts and port those profiles into a single account for cost savings? Thanks Netflix.
Not a great description (Score:1)
The fine-grained control and information they give is nice, but account holders have always had the ability to change passwords.
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With this feature there's no need to change your password (or revoke all devices) every time you want to revoke access to a device.
Penny is a freeloader. (Score:2)
No spaces.
Cool, now you can kick (Score:2)
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You could do this before by just revoking all, then re-adding. This seems like such a simple software fix, it's weird how this is touted as a miraculous thing...
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Is it being touted as a miraculous thing, or reported on as a thing that happened?
"Kick" or "Kick Out"? (Score:1)
...I'll pay bigly for the first.
How long until... (Score:2)
Don't you just hate it (Score:2)
When just before the good part of the show suddenly the connection craps out and you have to log in again?
Really? (Score:2)
People are too lazy to change their passwords now?
this is not a security feature (Score:2)
...this is an obvious prelude to charging account holders automatically per user accessing the account "well we gave you the tools to purge freeloaders so anyone still on the account must have your permission, right?"
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They already charge more for the ability to stream to more devices simultaneously, and have done so I think since forever.
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If Netflix follows through on their plan / threat to charge an extra fee to people it catches sharing access outside a household, it might bother you.