Netflix accidentally reveals upcoming password sharing rules

Netflix has accidentally revealed a few rules for its upcoming paid password sharing feature. The streaming platform is testing the feature where users will need to pay a certain amount of fee if they are sharing their password with someone outside of their household.

Netflix password sharing guidelines leaked

For the unversed, Netflix has already launched a feature that will allow users to kick off freeloaders from using their accounts.

The guidelines applicable in Chile, Peru and Costa Rica were posted accidentally on the help centre pages including in the US. These guidelines have now been taken down.

As per a Netflix spokesperson, “For a brief time yesterday, a help center article containing information that is only applicable to Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru went live in other countries. We have since updated it.”

To ensure that the account is being used in just one single household, the trial will require users to connect their viewing devices like TV, mobile phone or tablet to wifi in their home. They will need to open the Netflix app and watch something on the streaming service at least once in every 31 days.

As per a previous report, Netflix has said that it will verify a device by sending a link to the email address or phone number associated with the primary account owner. The link opens a page with a four-digit verification code that users need to enter on the device that requested it within 15 minutes.

They will be able to watch Netflix only when they enter the four-digit verification code within the prescribed time. Furthermore, the company said that ‘device verification may be required periodically’ without specifying the exact time period.

Talking about the need for account verification, Netflix said that “as long as the device being used to watch Netflix is using the internet connection in the primary account owner’s household, it will not require verification.”