There are two kinds of people in this world. The kind of people who pay for Netflix, and the kind of people who are still using their ex’s account to avoid it.
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#1
Sadly, I'm in the paying group. But for those of you still lucky enough to be getting a free ride on someone else's account (mum, I'm looking at you), doing so could soon become illegal. So you should probably start saving your pennies to start coughing up the £7 a month or whatever it is.
#2
Three judges from the US court of appeals (AKA party poopers) have issued a ruling that sharing passwords now constitutes a criminal act under the Computer Fraud And Abuse Act (CFAA).
Basically, no passwords at all should be shared because the person caught using it could then be considered a hacker, as giving permission doesn't legallt count as actually giving permission. or something.
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#3
The company behind the account such as Netflix has to authorise it, according to these judges.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but surely the fact you can have different profiles inside one account is Netflix giving permission?
#4
Jules AKA Julia, my mother who decided to help herself to my Netflix, and give herself a weird nickname. Thanks ma!
This all started with a case where a guy called David Nosal, a former employee of recruitment firm Korn/Ferry, used a colleague's login details to access a work computer, despite having had his own account revoked. He was charged with hacking.
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#5
One judge on the case did note though that using this to set a precedent ‘threatens to criminalize all sorts of innocuous conduct engaged in daily by ordinary citizens', according to the Guardian.
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#6
An HBO exec has made a statement saying that account sharing ‘has no impact on the business' and is even a ‘terrific marketing vehicle for the next generation of viewers.'
Well if you say so.
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#7
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