Yeah, so after more years as a subscriber than I can remember, I finally cancelled my Netflix membership (a few minutes ago).
I leased a small office starting in January. Internet service is provided by the building ... They're using the Class B RFC 1918 set of addresses as a flat network with a /16 for both wired and wireless access for the building.
Do I need to say any more?
Needless to say, I got a VPN subscription from Private Internet Access to use at the office. I finally got around to setting up pfsense at home with an OpenVPN client today. And of course found out that Netflix is blocking my VPN provider. As they use Amazon's CDN I am completely uncomfortable with white-listing Netflix sources (destinations) from my VPN connection.
My privacy and security is more important to me than the convenience of watching a few shows. I bought the full series set of "Magic School Bus" which is currently the only thing on Netflix my kids care about, paid about 4 months worth of Netflix fees for it. Geo-location by IP has got to be the least sensible way to enforce content restriction. It makes me wonder what other lazy and stupid development practices Netflix is using, which makes me think my personal data is not safe with them.
I leased a small office starting in January. Internet service is provided by the building ... They're using the Class B RFC 1918 set of addresses as a flat network with a /16 for both wired and wireless access for the building.
Do I need to say any more?
Needless to say, I got a VPN subscription from Private Internet Access to use at the office. I finally got around to setting up pfsense at home with an OpenVPN client today. And of course found out that Netflix is blocking my VPN provider. As they use Amazon's CDN I am completely uncomfortable with white-listing Netflix sources (destinations) from my VPN connection.
My privacy and security is more important to me than the convenience of watching a few shows. I bought the full series set of "Magic School Bus" which is currently the only thing on Netflix my kids care about, paid about 4 months worth of Netflix fees for it. Geo-location by IP has got to be the least sensible way to enforce content restriction. It makes me wonder what other lazy and stupid development practices Netflix is using, which makes me think my personal data is not safe with them.