In this file photo taken on March 31, 2020 In this photo illustration a computer and a mobile phone screen display the Netflix logo on March 31, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. Streaming television colossus Netflix on Friday was dabbling with more strictly enforcing its rule against sharing passwords with people living elsewhere, according to US media reports.
Netflix included an offer to try the service free for 30 days, according to a copy posted at Twitter.Netflix offers to verify who is trying to log into an account by sending a code via text message or email to the subscriber to confirm the user lives with them. It was not certain the test of the account-user check would turn into a crackdown on password sharing across the service.
The practice has long been tolerated by California-based Netflix, which has said that “guardrails” are in place to prevent extreme abuses in password sharing.