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I can't speak on this with any authority, but I feel like it would be fairly easy to detect. If you suddenly see 500 different accounts all connecting from the

I can't speak on this with any authority, but I feel like it would be fairly easy to detect. If you suddenly see 500 different accounts all connecting from the same small block of IP addresses and most of them use out-of-country credit cards, blocking that IP range would be a logical conclusion. This could be managed automatically (or at least alerted to a human to check) with not much effort.

gnicholas 10y ago
Actually, it's even easier than this: they just make a list of accounts that have connected via a border-hopping service, then block that service, and then see where the listed accounts connect through. Since the accounts themselves can be flagged, Netflix will always have the advantage in detecting new workarounds.