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Netflix Causes Confusion With its Initial Password Sharing Crackdown Info
Following an announcement last month, Netflix confirmed that it was set to start rolling out its account-sharing crackdown at some point before the end of Q1 2023. Exactly when this would happen, however, remained something of a mystery. Following an official update to their support website, however, it seems that…
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Netflix to Start Its Account Sharing Crackdown Before the End of Q1 2023!
Netflix has not exactly been shy in expressing its opinion in regard to those who enter into ‘account sharing‘ agreements. They don’t like it. It’s again their terms of service. And in a nutshell, they want to bring the practice, if not to an end, then at least make those…
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Netflix to Start its Account Sharing Crackdown in Early 2023
Earlier this week, changes to the UK’s Intellectual Property guidelines officially confirmed that the sharing of passwords on streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+, Spotify, etc. was now categorically against the law. – Yep, those UK residents among you reading this who participate in ‘account sharing’ activities, you are now…
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New UK Guidelines Make Account Sharing (Such as on Netflix) Officially Illegal
Netflix, and the vast majority of other subscription-based hosting platforms no doubt, take a pretty dim view of the practice of account sharing. – For the consumer, of course, while doing this is almost certainly against your terms of service, it does clearly offer a pretty notable financial benefit and…
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Netflix Confirms New Feature to Help You Kick People Off Your Account!
It’s not exactly a secret that Netflix takes a rather dim view of account sharing (the practice of multiple people – typically from different locations – all using one singular account to save money). In fact, over the last 6 months, it seems pretty clear that attempting to stop this…
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Netflix Expected to Introduce Password Sharing Charges Worldwide Next Year!
While it would clearly be hyperbole to say that Netflix is in full-blown panic mode at the moment, it’s hard to deny that, on the whole, things do definitely seem to be in a downward trend. A factor clearly highlighted only earlier this week when the video streaming platform confirmed…
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Netflix Tests ‘Out of Household’ Sub Fees to Prevent Password Sharing
Although clearly against the official terms of service, it would be very naive of us to suggest that it’s not an uncommon practice for many people to share a Netflix account. With the more premium-level services offering multiple simultaneous access to the streaming platform, financially speaking, it makes a lot…
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Netflix May Be Set to Crack Down on Account Sharing
Although I can’t say I personally know anyone who does this, I’m certainly not ignorant of the fact that many people choose to ‘group up’ in order to share one single access Netflix account. The benefits are, of course, that they all get the enjoy the service (presuming someone else…
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Nintendo Confirms 160,000 Accounts Were Breached
Following a number of recent rumors, it was alleged that Nintendo had suffered a significant security breach which had revealed the details of many users’ accounts. Well, in a report via Eurogamer, Nintendo has now confirmed this by stating that up to 160,000 user details may have been compromised. To…
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Microsoft To Start Deleting Inactive Xbox Accounts
As you might imagine, there are rather a lot of Xbox accounts that have been created since it launched in 2002. To date, however, Microsoft has remained rather lenient in keeping those account still on their system. Even when they haven’t been accessed for years. In a report via PCGamesN,…
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Sony Finally Lets You Swap That Cringy PS4 Account Name
Sony Allow You To Change Your PlayStation Account Name! The chances are that when you created your Sony PlayStation account, you were significantly younger than you are now. As such, when it came to picking your user name you might now have somewhat regretted your choice. I can certainly relate…
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Qatari Royal Spent $250k+ To Get A Level 4,000 Steam Account
Steam Account Level Any Steam user may have noticed that your account will likely have a ‘level’ associated with it. While I personally have never cared much about this, it seems that some take it very seriously indeed. So seriously, in fact, that they spend notable sums of money purchasing…
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Facebook To Start Locking Underage User Accounts
Facebook To Start Locking Underage User Accounts Despite Facebook not being the trendiest social-media for the young people these days, I think it’s fairly safe that the platform has a quite significant number of young users. Despite this, the social media site does actually have an active policy that people…
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Unseat.me Lets You Delete Yourself from the Internet
Between the plethora of online account hacks and creeping draconian surveillance laws – just look at the state of the UK’s new Investigatory Powers Bill – there has never been more incentive to pare down one’s internet presence. While, previously, that would entail remembering every website (and associated password) you…
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Twitter Shut Down Thousands of Accounts Linked to Terrorism
When it comes to online accounts, they can be used for a lot of things. From buying your favourite DVD boxsets to catching up with family abroad, some accounts are misused and go against the site’s wishes. Governments are pressing harder on companies and social media to track down and…
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