PayPal shoots self in foot while 'white knighting' for Netflix
8h ago 8h ago 11h ago 14h ago PayPal shoots self in foot while 'white knighting' for Netflix Turns out, there's more than one way to exchange goods for money on the Internet. Share Tweet Share Save With the recent rollout of Netflix Everywhere , the company has been on a tear trying to track down and lock out users who rely on VPNs to bypass its regional restrictions and access the US programming list. Doing so hasn't been as easy as Netflix initially anticipated so it called in PayPal for backup. See, VPN servers allow users to spoof their geographical location so even if they live in, say Germany, the Netflix system will think they're in located somewhere here in the states. What's more, many VPN services specifically advertise that they can help you get around the Netflix geo-barrier, and it's precisely those services that PayPal is going after. According to a report from TorrentFreak ,Read full article from PayPal shoots self in foot while 'white knighting' for Netflix
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