Detecting intruders on Netflix is ​​easier than ever

• Strangers stealing our Netflix, Spotify and other accounts are not strange at all
• All these services give us the possibility to check from where they are being accessed
• What are the steps to follow to close suspicious sessions from our accounts?

Beyond the efforts made by the main on-demand content platforms so that we cannot share our passwords with others, most of us continue to do so. The problem is when those passwords go further than they should and they end up being used by people we don’t know. Assuming you find yourself in that situation, and although we are never safe from thieves, detecting intruders on Netflix and other streaming platforms is easier than ever. as you will see now

Former partners, friends of friends, we can never really be sure who is using our accounts. Fortunately, all these services give us the possibility to check from where they are being accessed.

Next, we are going to review what are the steps to follow in almost all streaming platforms. You’ll notice that the steps are similar so if the one you’re interested in doesn’t show up, they shouldn’t differ too much.

How to know if a stranger uses your Netflix account?

Netflix has a page titled Manage access and devices with thumbnail images of the computers normally connected to an account, and that offers Sign Out buttons next to each device.

1. Sign in with your Netflix account and hover over your profile avatar
2. Go to Account, Security and privacy and then Manage access and devices
3. You will see the devices that recently signed in to your Netflix account
4. Click Sign out on any of the entries in the list
5. If you want to close all of them, just click Close all sessions

The process is similar if you are in the Netflix app, from the icon of your avatar and Manage access and devices. Basically, we recommend that you sign out of all computers to prevent anyone else from accessing it.

If you don’t remember your password, don’t forget that you can see your saved passwords in Google Chrome.

What about the other platforms?

You already know how to detect intruders on Netflix, and on the other platforms things are not very different.

disneyplus

1. Sign in with your Disney account and hover over your profile avatar
2. Check the details of your started sessions and close one or all of them together

In the Disney Plus mobile application it is very similar, from Account, Sign out on all devices.

Amazon Prime Video

1. Sign in with your Prime Video account and hover over your profile avatar
2. Check the details of your sessions and click Cancel registration in the ones you are going to delete

In the Prime Video mobile app it is very similar, from Account, Registered Devices.

Max (formerly HBO Max)

1. Sign in with your Prime Video account and hover over your profile avatar
2. You will see a list of all the devices where you have a Max session open
3. Click on Manage devices to close one or more sessions simultaneously

In the Max mobile application it is very similar, from Account, Registered Devices.

Bonus track: Spotify

You’ve probably signed in to Spotify on more computers and apps than you think. Check it!

1. Log in with your Spotify account and move the cursor to your account name and tap on the Account option
2. On the next screen, you’ll see the account overview and the Sign Out Everywhere button

Automatically, the Spotify sessions that you had open will be closed and you should reopen them on your own. As long as you don’t remember it, you can recover or reset Spotify password in a few minutes.

Keep in mind that this procedure closes your Spotify account on mobiles and computers but not on other devices such as consoles and smart TVs, so you have to perform another simple little trick.

In the menu on the left go to Applications, and You will see all the apps that are installed and on which computers. Eventually, you can remove access to each of these apps so no one else can access them. Although the latter is only possible from the web browser, not from the Spotify mobile application.

Have you been able to detect intruders on Netflix and other applications thanks to these step by step?