Netflix has been testing a new technique to prevent the users to share passwords. In some countries it has been asking its users to buy additional homes.

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Netflix is exploring various ways to prevent the users from password sharing
Users need to pay extra fee to log in their account outside their primary home 
People could be able to track their account and accordingly restrict the access

Initially it was reported that Netflix subscribers in Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and also the Dominican Republic might begin to check an anti-password sharing test. A support page for Netflix in Honduras provides details that it would be prompting some users to pay an extra fee if they try to log into a Netflix account on a TV or TV-connected device at a location which would be outside their primary home for more than two weeks.

If they would like to continue the usage of Netflix even after two weeks on a device in that alternative location, they need to purchase an extra home which would cost around an additional 219 pesos a month per home in Argentina ($1.17 USD). Well, the ones’ who are on the Netflix Basic plan they can eventually add one additional home. With the Netflix Standard plan, they could add up to two additional homes. Netflix Premium subscribers would be able to add up to three.

Within the test countries, the subscribers have one primary 'home' where they could be able to access Netflix across any devices in that home. They could even travel and use Netflix on laptops and mobile devices, but the test would ask them to buy extra 'homes' to use the service on TV screens. Therefore, the subscribers could opt for not to purchase the extra home and could be able to use the service on their mobile devices. Well, it could be observed that the access on the TV can, of course, be blocked unless they add and pay for the additional home. Netflix's support page provides an in-depth detail about the new changes as a part of this test.

Netflix has mentioned that it uses information like IP addresses, device IDs, and account activity to check out if the subscribers are able to use the device inside their home. The streaming giant, Netflix is functioning on a feature which would let the users in test countries to track where their account is getting used and accordingly restrict the access.

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