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New software can track down users who share Netflix accounts illegally

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(WTXL) - Subscribing to Netflix and sharing your password with family and friends so they can use the streaming service for free may be coming to an end. 

According to WPLG, new software introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas can track down users who use shared accounts and passwords, quickly ending their free ride.  

The Daily Mail reported that Synamedia's AI software analyzes which users are logged in at any current moment and then flag those accounts that are being shared.   

Synamedia's software can determine where an account is being used, whether at home or on the road, and who is watching.