Netflix's Password-Sharing Crackdown Hits Canada, But Not the US - Yet

Netflix is expanding its paid password sharing to subscribers in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain starting Wednesday, the company announced in a blog post. From a report: The company had already started testing the change -- in a few different forms -- in some countries in Latin America. Now, Netflix is expanding its efforts ahead of a broader rollout in 'the coming months.' Last week, Netflix faced pushback after notes about when and how it might block devices used beyond your household popped up on support pages for the US and other countries where the new 'paid sharing' setup hasn't rolled out yet.

Netflix said that was inadvertent, and now none of the support pages have any details about restrictions on streaming to devices that aren't on your home network. No matter what country you select, it only says, 'A Netflix account is meant to be shared in one household (people who live in the same location as the account owner). People who are not in your household will need to sign up for their own account to watch Netflix.'

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