WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:08.340 love is sharing a password or at least that's what Netflix used to 00:00:05.640 --> 00:00:10.760 say these days they seem to care a lot more about 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:18.180 that's right Netflix's Crackdown on password sharing has already started so 00:00:16.740 --> 00:00:22.199 if you're still using your ex's Netflix account it's a matter of time before 00:00:20.039 --> 00:00:25.260 they notice the bigger Bill and cut you off 00:00:23.400 --> 00:00:29.820 or is it climb aboard mateys four with just a few 00:00:27.779 --> 00:00:36.480 clicks and zero credit card numbers Netflix will have no idea that you moved 00:00:33.239 --> 00:00:38.760 out years ago and you don't even have to 00:00:36.480 --> 00:00:43.800 mess with your router to do it can I get an R 00:00:40.260 --> 00:00:47.340 yes are you ready for this message from 00:00:43.800 --> 00:00:49.200 our sponsor I fix it whether it's New or 00:00:47.340 --> 00:00:54.360 Old you can repair your 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--> 00:01:44.100 account or whatever enforcement they deem appropriate but hey you click the 00:01:42.420 --> 00:01:48.360 video so I'm pretty sure you don't give two Hoots about any of that let's move 00:01:46.500 --> 00:01:53.640 on once this change rolls out in your region every account will have a primary 00:01:51.060 --> 00:01:58.380 location and any devices that use the account need to connect from that 00:01:55.380 --> 00:01:59.939 location at least once a month if you go 00:01:58.380 --> 00:02:05.759 longer than that you're gonna have to pay up more on that later first let's 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:09.840 talk about primary locations if you're using a computer or a phone 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:13.620 Netflix will attempt to automatically determine your primary location through 00:02:12.060 --> 00:02:18.599 a combination of your logged IP addresses your logged device IDs and 00:02:16.440 --> 00:02:22.800 your account activity again more on that later you can also explicitly set a 00:02:20.819 --> 00:02:26.459 primary location but the only way to do this is through a TV or a set-top box 00:02:24.900 --> 00:02:31.500 like the NVIDIA Shield curiously when we tried this though from 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:35.280 our office on a brand new account we just got an error message and then when 00:02:33.420 --> 00:02:40.440 we contacted support they informed us that our primary location had been set 00:02:36.900 --> 00:02:42.360 automatically anyway so your mileage may 00:02:40.440 --> 00:02:46.440 vary on the whole manual primary location thing Frankly Speaking from how 00:02:44.700 --> 00:02:50.280 disorganized this whole rollout has been it doesn't surprise me that the process 00:02:48.180 --> 00:02:53.760 is a little messy it's just especially frustrating to encounter these weird 00:02:51.900 --> 00:02:56.099 bumps in the road when they're right in the middle of giving us less for our 00:02:55.200 --> 00:03:01.319 money anywho once your primary location is set 00:02:58.920 --> 00:03:06.360 all we need to do to enjoy our shared Netflix in peace is make sure that 00:03:03.480 --> 00:03:10.500 Netflix thinks that we live there at least some of the time they explicitly 00:03:08.940 --> 00:03:15.540 state that they allow use while traveling to achieve this we need a VPN 00:03:13.200 --> 00:03:20.159 but don't click away because I'm not talking about surf shark or nordvpn or 00:03:18.300 --> 00:03:25.379 anything like that Netflix cracked down on the use of that sort of VPN years ago 00:03:22.920 --> 00:03:31.500 what I'm talking about is running a VPN server of your very own from the 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:33.599 accounts primary location that way your 00:03:31.500 --> 00:03:38.340 kid who's off at University or your so can connect to that VPN server and Route 00:03:36.659 --> 00:03:43.080 their traffic through it to trick Netflix into thinking that they're still 00:03:40.200 --> 00:03:48.060 just chilling from home perhaps in some nice new pajama pants from lttstore.com 00:03:45.299 --> 00:03:51.180 but Linus I hear you ask doesn't making a VPN mean that we have to fiddle around 00:03:49.860 --> 00:03:57.000 in our router settings surprisingly no unless you want to the 00:03:55.080 --> 00:04:02.280 easiest way that we found to do this is tailscale not a sponsor by the way just 00:03:59.640 --> 00:04:07.080 really cool software go to tailscale.com and click on use tailscale for free and 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:11.099 sign up we're going to use the same account in all of our locations but with 00:04:09.180 --> 00:04:14.819 a few extra steps you can share machines across accounts it just gets a little 00:04:13.260 --> 00:04:19.320 tougher to manage if some of your users are less technically inclined once 00:04:17.579 --> 00:04:23.340 you've logged in add your first device we're going to assume that there's a 00:04:21.180 --> 00:04:27.360 Windows PC somewhere in your primary location that will be left on all the 00:04:25.139 --> 00:04:31.199 time but you can also host it on a Raspberry Pi or on a Mac the important 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:35.639 thing is that it is always online because otherwise you ain't watching no 00:04:33.900 --> 00:04:40.080 Netflix we're going to click on download tail skill for Windows install it and 00:04:37.860 --> 00:04:44.520 log in once we're connected the website walks us through the setup asking us to 00:04:41.820 --> 00:04:49.020 set up a second device for our example we're going to use an Android set-top 00:04:46.620 --> 00:04:53.220 box like the NVIDIA Shield we open the Play Store search for tailscale and 00:04:51.060 --> 00:04:56.520 install the app once you've logged in go back to the Windows machine and check 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:59.940 the browser the website should have updated to show you the second device 00:04:58.020 --> 00:05:04.199 and to show you how to Ping between devices if you want to run a quick test 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:08.400 we're going to click on success this takes us to what's next where we can 00:05:06.300 --> 00:05:11.880 just click on the go to admin console button which will take us to the proper 00:05:10.440 --> 00:05:16.560 control panel where we can see our machines listed their IPs on our virtual 00:05:14.220 --> 00:05:21.660 Network and their current status next we need to decide which of our devices will 00:05:18.780 --> 00:05:26.160 be our server or as tailscale calls it our exit node this is the machine that 00:05:24.479 --> 00:05:31.020 we're going to Route all of our traffic through so that Netflix thinks that we 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:35.460 are watching from that location all the time in our case that's the Windows PC 00:05:33.840 --> 00:05:39.479 so we're going to right click on the little tail scale icon in the system 00:05:36.900 --> 00:05:44.520 tray here click on exit node and then run exit node it's going to give us a 00:05:41.820 --> 00:05:49.080 little warning and since we're okay with all of what we're doing we're going to 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:52.860 say yes now it'll take a few moments for that change to get to the website so in 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:56.400 the meantime let's rename our devices so they're a little easier to remember if 00:05:54.840 --> 00:05:59.880 we click on the meatballs menu on the right side we can edit machine name for 00:05:58.020 --> 00:06:04.979 each and we're going to call them mom's PC and shield now you can see that this 00:06:03.180 --> 00:06:09.300 little exit node flag has come up for Mom's PC which tells us that Mom's PC 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:13.800 has offered to be an exit node for our other devices we need to approve that in 00:06:11.820 --> 00:06:18.060 the admin console before it'll work so we go back to the meatballs menu for 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:22.979 Mom's PC and click edit route settings in the window that pops up we just need 00:06:20.220 --> 00:06:26.639 to click use as exit node it's going to give us a warning here about key expiry 00:06:24.900 --> 00:06:31.440 by the way basically it's telling us that we're going to have to re-authenticate periodically the default 00:06:29.460 --> 00:06:36.780 is every few months but we can turn that off just close the pop-up go back to the 00:06:33.960 --> 00:06:41.100 meatballs menu and pick disable expiring the final step on the server is to right 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:45.360 click on the tailscale icon in the tray select preferences and check run 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:48.960 unattended that's going to allow tailscale to run as a service even if 00:06:47.400 --> 00:06:54.060 nobody is logged into the Windows machine it gives another little warning 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:56.759 and a help message and we just say R to 00:06:54.060 --> 00:07:00.960 that I mean sorry yes we click yes okay we're almost there I swear back in the 00:06:58.919 --> 00:07:07.139 tailscale app on our client device we go to the menu and select use exit node a 00:07:03.960 --> 00:07:08.639 dialog pops up and we pick mum's PC the 00:07:07.139 --> 00:07:12.419 main screen of the app will now show that we are using an exit node which 00:07:10.380 --> 00:07:18.000 means that all of our internet traffic from The Shield is going through mom's 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:20.460 PC so if we bring up Netflix everything 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:24.720 is good it's easier to show this on a computer though so let's go over to a 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:29.819 laptop we're not connected to tailscale right now and if we Google my IP we can 00:07:27.599 --> 00:07:35.280 see that our IP is okay we're not going to show you that but you can see what it 00:07:32.220 --> 00:07:37.919 starts with now we go to tail scale and 00:07:35.280 --> 00:07:41.460 use our mom's PC exit node and you can see that the icon now has a tiny Arrow 00:07:40.020 --> 00:07:45.780 indicating that we're going through an exit node we check our IP again and 00:07:43.860 --> 00:07:50.819 there you have it it thinks we're on the same IP as that workstation that we set 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:55.680 up in the other building now as tailscale warned us the Windows exit 00:07:53.039 --> 00:08:01.680 node isn't really optimized yet so if we do a speed test the result is not that 00:07:58.740 --> 00:08:05.099 impressive but it's fast enough for a smooth Netflix experience which was the 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:09.240 whole point of this exercise in the first place all you need to do is 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:13.199 disconnect tailscale on the client if you want to do something other than 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:16.919 Netflix without using up bandwidth on mum's PC that's another thing you'll 00:08:15.180 --> 00:08:22.080 need to consider is depending on how many users are accessing Netflix through 00:08:19.020 --> 00:08:24.300 mom's PC mom might need a faster 00:08:22.080 --> 00:08:28.620 internet connection now hold on a minute earlier we learned that Netflix makes 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:33.180 allowances for traveling that means in theory at least that as long as we 00:08:30.660 --> 00:08:38.159 remember to use this VPN method to log into Netflix at least once a month on 00:08:36.060 --> 00:08:42.120 each device that is not in the primary location the rest of the time we should 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:47.940 be able to just go about our business and Netflix should just assume that you 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:50.880 know we travel a lot well maybe we can't 00:08:47.940 --> 00:08:56.040 know with 100 certainty how Netflix decides where you are Netflix could log 00:08:54.000 --> 00:09:01.200 everything you do in their apps or on their website and determine that hmm 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:07.220 profile a usually logs in using a Windows PC and a Samsung TV from IP 00:09:04.740 --> 00:09:13.019 address 1 which is the primary location meanwhile they could observe that 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:14.820 profile B never uses any of profile AIDS 00:09:13.019 --> 00:09:20.220 devices instead sticking to their MacBook and iPhone from a totally 00:09:16.860 --> 00:09:23.220 different IP address except exactly once 00:09:20.220 --> 00:09:25.440 a month so I would say that you might 00:09:23.220 --> 00:09:30.600 want to err on the side of consistently using your VPN rather than doing only 00:09:27.660 --> 00:09:35.160 periodic check-ins but it remains to be seen even if they know that you're 00:09:32.940 --> 00:09:39.540 totally not living there how Draconian Netflix is actually going to be about 00:09:36.959 --> 00:09:44.760 enforcement there's a very fine line between extracting maximum value from a 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:47.700 customer and just ticking them off to the point where they cancel out right 00:09:46.019 --> 00:09:51.899 for the tech inclined by the way tailscale is not the only solution we 00:09:49.800 --> 00:09:56.700 found another one that doesn't require you to mess with your router is soft 00:09:53.880 --> 00:10:00.480 ether VPN from the University of sukuba in Japan or if you don't mind poking 00:09:58.800 --> 00:10:05.220 around in your router settings a wire guard VPN is a fantastic solution with 00:10:02.940 --> 00:10:09.480 apps available on many platforms you can use a tool like Pi VPN to install the 00:10:07.380 --> 00:10:13.140 server on a single board computer or a Linux machine and if you want to use a 00:10:11.220 --> 00:10:17.399 Windows machine as your server GitHub user Micah Mo has created a simple 00:10:15.899 --> 00:10:20.940 application to guide you through that process links for all of these will be 00:10:19.560 --> 00:10:24.959 in the video description one final thing to remember though even 00:10:23.580 --> 00:10:30.060 if you have a fast enough internet connection and you can afford to cover 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:33.779 Netflix for all your buddies anytime you let someone connect remotely to your 00:10:31.860 --> 00:10:37.740 computer or to your network you are taking a security risk and potentially 00:10:35.640 --> 00:10:42.240 allowing 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