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The best is typing that 20 character mixed-case-plus-numbers-and-symbols password for Netflix into your TV app using an on screen keyboard and directional arrow
by sxates 7y ago
The best is typing that 20 character mixed-case-plus-numbers-and-symbols password for Netflix into your TV app using an on screen keyboard and directional arrows...
- dingo_bat 7y agoNetflix is needlessly hard on TV. Hotstar has an amazing system where it shows a 4 letter code. You open the website on your laptop or phone and enter the code. No typing in TV.
- LeonB 7y agoSigning into some new tvs recently, the google account sign in experience was better than Netflix sign in, as it let you use your phone to sign in (once you’d scanned a QR code shown on screen).
- war1025 7y agoI generate my passwords with: $ head -c 100 /dev/urandom | sha256sum Same pain as you any time I have to type the password in someplace I don't have my password manager installed, but with the advantage that its just [0-9a-f]. I figure with that many characters there's no need to use the full character set. Also honestly just tend to use weaker passwords on things I'll need to log into on other machines. Usually those are accounts I don't care as much about anyway.
- function_seven 7y agoThis is a huge benefit of AppleTV and having an iOS device. When the password is prompted for on the TV, my phone buzzes and I use the LastPass vault on the phone to paste the gibberish automatically. I'm sure there are similar schemes for other devices (Chromecast/FireTV?). But when the TV itself is "smart", I bet it's infuriating.
- dev_dull 7y agoThis is so nice!
- testvox 7y agoChromecast doesn't have its own UI or authentication, it just uses the authentication of the device the stream was started from (being able to delegate that is a requirement for chromecast support). So it solves the same issue but in a very different way. Its a pretty clever solution but requiring all interaction with your tv to happen through another computing device can get annoying.
- jimmaswell 7y agoDoes Netflix show your full card number to you if you're logged in or is there some other justification for this level of security on it?
- roganartu 7y agoYou need to login because accounts have different quality tiers (standard vs high definition) and different max concurrent user counts. Hulu does this much better though. They display a hulu.com shortlink on the TV app that you type into your browser on a computer, login if you aren't already, and click a button to authorise the TV.
- jimmaswell 7y agoI know you need to log in, I meant to ask what necessitated such an overkill password for a mere Netflix account.
- TimTheTinker 7y ago1Password lets you use dictionary words separated by spaces when generating random passwords. This can be really helpful on iOS/tvOS devices -- just use speech-to-text to type them in (not to mention being easier to remember).
- johndough 7y agoWith the recent controversy about Amazon and Google snooping in on smart speaker recordings, people should probably avoid reading out their passwords to human listeners.
- ScottFree 7y agoHow would they determine that a particular string of words was a password as opposed to any other sentence?
- Qwertystop 7y agoIf it's not a coherent sentence, that would tend to be a hint. There are other explanations, admittedly.
- ScottFree 7y agoBut how is a machine supposed to be able to tell the difference? It's hard enough for humans to tell the difference between industry-specific jargon and nonsense.
- TimTheTinker 7y agoI wouldn’t use Siri or Google Assistant, since those are recorded (and I’d feel uncomfortable using a Google speech-to-text feature for that anyway). But is Apple’s speech-to-text feature (like on the iOS keyboard or in tvOS) recorded? If not, I’d venture to say I’m (currently) OK doing that with Apple services. They’ve prioritized security and privacy admirably.