9 Feb 2023

What will password crackdown do to Netflix?

From Checkpoint, 5:38 pm on 9 February 2023

Been nicking from Netflix? The free ride is coming to an end as the streaming service signals a crackdown on password sharing in New Zealand.

It estimates up to 100 million subscribers have people outside their household piggy-backing on their accounts for free. 

To start, Netflix is bringing in restrictions in Canada, Portugual, Spain and Aotearoa. 

Technology commentator and chief executive of Gorilla Tech, Paul Spain, talks to Lisa Owen.