Netflix customers may soon face criminal charges for sharing their password next year.
The popular streaming service is planning to put an end to password sharing beginning in early 2023, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Netflix has been exploring ways to crack down on it for some time, and this is the first official notice that the changes will finally happen.
The company claimed that out of the 222 million households around the world with valid subscriptions, there were at least “100 million additional households” using their services via password sharing.
Households using Netflix through password sharing reportedly include more than 30 million households across the United States and Canada, Newsweek reported….