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I strongly disagree with the author as well. Netflix is not doing its job. But the scam described by the author works because he victim already has an account
by hv42 9y ago
I strongly disagree with the author as well. Netflix is not doing its job.
But the scam described by the author works because he victim already has an account registered with their Gmail address.
The warning could be a good idea
also I wish the email address of both the recipient and emitter were shown in a better in Gmail.
- shkkmo 9y agoThe scam works because of Netflix's lax security practices around verifying emails. Given how easy it is to make a mistake filling in your email address, and email address should never be trusted until it is verified AND you should make clear during your sign-up process that the user should expect a verification email so they know something is wrong when they don't receive one.
- theclaw 9y agoBut the author reset the scammer's password, denying them access to their fake account. The scam doesn't seem to work unless Netflix allows you to enter a new credit card number /without/ resetting the password of the scammer's account.