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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday December 13 2017, @04:56PM   Printer-friendly
from the 1984-people-watched-'1984'-yesterday dept.

Netflix tweeted that 53 people had watched its new Christmas film every day for 18 days in a row, highlighting its ability to track the viewing habits of its users:

Netflix has defended a tweet that revealed 53 people had watched its new Christmas film every day for 18 days in a row. "Who hurt you?" read the tweet, addressed to them.

The tweet caused controversy, with some saying it was "creepy" of the platform to keep such close tabs on its audience, and mock their choices. However, others found it entertaining - and unsurprising that Netflix should know what its customers were viewing.

In a statement, Netflix said the privacy of its members was important. "This information represents overall viewing trends, not the personal viewing information of specific, identified individuals," said a representative.


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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday December 13 2017, @11:31PM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday December 13 2017, @11:31PM (#609477) Journal

    Face/fingerprint login to p**nhub is still going to be more worrying though...

    Now I started to wonder... would other biometrics related to the topic offer the same level of uniqueness to act as an individual identifier?
    Skipping the morphology/resemblence of the nether regions - would wank-analysis be as reliable as gait analysis [wikipedia.org]?

    (grin)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @12:16AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 14 2017, @12:16AM (#609506)

    What happens when you use the Netflix socks [netflix.com] another way?

    • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Thursday December 14 2017, @03:32AM

      by MostCynical (2589) on Thursday December 14 2017, @03:32AM (#609572) Journal

      You mean like Jean Claude Van Damme on the beach?

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