If destroying the movie theater industry is not enough, Netflix is rolling up their sleeves and preparing for global dominance.
According to The Verge, Netflix is starting to crack down on subscribers in other countries who use tools to gain access to Netflix in America, which offers a different catalogue of shows than other countries.
Many users rely on VPNs — virtual private networks — or custom DNS settings to stealthily access Netflix as though they were in other regions. But Netflix may have started closing some of those loopholes. Torrent Freak reports that, in the past few weeks, popular VPN services like TorGuard have started seeing a spike in errors when users try to access Netflix.
If you are worried about “borrowing” Netflix passwords from friends and family members you don’t need to worry…so far. But, it is important to note that it is illegal to share passwords for Netflix or any other streaming service in Tennessee.
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