Many people use the password of others in order to access the streaming service Netflix.
However, new changes to the app means that customers will have to pay extra if it detects people at multiple addresses logging in to the same account. Netflix's terms already do not allow users living apart to share an account.
However, the platform has long tolerated the practice, leading to password sharing. Now they are trialling new ways to combat this which will cost subscribers more.
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In a recent statement, Netflix said: "We’ve always made it easy for people who live together to share their Netflix account, with features like separate profiles and multiple streams in our Standard and Premium plans. While these have been hugely popular, they have also created some confusion about when and how Netflix can be shared.
"As a result, accounts are being shared between households - impacting our ability to invest in great new TV and films for our members.
"So for the last year we’ve been working on ways to enable members who share outside their household to do so easily and securely, while also paying a bit more."
Netflix said it would soon start testing new features that let subscribers pay to add "sub accounts" for up to two people they do not live with. It is testing the changes in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru, with the extra accounts costing 30% to 40% of a basic membership.
In the UK, a £2.99 a month charge would mean a subscriber on the most expensive plan paying £21.97 a month for two people living elsewhere.
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