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I'm still unclear on how they are going to do this without significantly affecting the customer experience.
by theFletch 4y ago
I'm still unclear on how they are going to do this without significantly affecting the customer experience.
- tptacek 4y agoProbably by cookie-ing or fingerprinting your device, and then tying that to IP geolocation. They don't need to get close to 100% accuracy and they can do things to err on the lenient side. It doesn't seem that hard a problem compared to other anti-fraud systems I've seen. I think it'll probably work fine.
- mikeyouse 4y agoThat’s exactly what Hulu started doing. You have a “home location” and if someone logs in from far enough away to trigger their systems, they’ll have them set that location as your new home. You’re only allowed 4 of those changes per year without calling some support line so it seems pretty effective.
- athorax 4y agoHow does that work for Hotels or if you regularly travel between two locations?
- tptacek 4y agoFor Netflix, you get a travel pass. But, more importantly: the allow condition is probably disjunctive: trusted device OR trusted location. If you're just watching on your laptop or iPad, you're probably fine no matter where you are.
- fomine3 4y agoa nerd: I always bring NUC and streaming stick to hotel!
- hbn 4y agoOr watching anywhere out of the house on mobile data. Does that not count?