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It sounds like they are using a combination of device fingerprinting and ip addresses. Will be interesting to see how many people get false positives from VPN's or just having their ip addresses cycled

> Make sure that the device is not connected to a VPN, proxy, or any unblocker service.




Relying on IP addresses for anything is a recipe for disaster. Device fingerprinting is even worse, given that everyone who is the least bit privacy-conscious has gotten quite good at resisting all kinds of fingerprinting techniques. I have 4 PCs I use frequently. If I watch Netflix on one today, get a new IP address tomorrow, and watch it on another device, I'm suddenly not at home anymore?

Their PR and marketing team clearly suck. I hope they've got a really good legal team, because they're going to need it.




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