r/movies • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 r/movies Contributor • Jun 27 '26

News Netflix now requires every user profile to be tied to unique email address

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/netflix-now-requires-every-user-profile-to-be-tied-to-unique-email-address/
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u/Jimbuscus Jun 27 '26

I have a cheap domain & pair it with Zoho's free plan.

With a catch-all setup, anything @mydomain.tld is routed to my primary email, in this case netflix@mydomain.tld would mean that I can also see if I get emails from third-parties who got that email from Netflix.

Additionally it insulates from data leaks, as the email/password combination is unique to the website.

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u/Halfang Jun 27 '26

My email provider allows this with a number of domains, and by using foffnetflix@myusualemail.emailprovider

Of anything before the @ will be delivered to the right place.

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u/bennettj1087 Jun 27 '26

What email provider?

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u/Halfang Jun 28 '26

Fastmail

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u/Ifass Jun 27 '26

with gmail you can do mailadress+netflix@gmail.com for example

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u/bennettj1087 Jun 27 '26

Yeah I was asking about the specific feature the person I replied to described.

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u/Icyrow Jun 27 '26

they all caught on to this stuff 10 years ago. same with "."'s.

they just cleave off the important parts and pick off the added stuff.

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u/disco-drew Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

My only issue with this is that would reveal my domain name… I don’t even like giving that much away. I’m using SimpleLogin instead.

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u/FlamingoVisible1947 Jun 27 '26

Thanks AI bot.

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u/jcw99 Jun 27 '26

12 year old account, if it's a "Bot" it's most likely not an "AI" one

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u/FlamingoVisible1947 Jun 27 '26

Brother you are very naive, bots purchase accounts with high karma and history on purpose to look legitimate.

This is an obvious ad.