All the Ways Netflix Tracks You and What You Watch
3 years, 2 months ago

All the Ways Netflix Tracks You and What You Watch

Wired  

In December 2019, Netflix premiered Bandersnatch, a choose your own adventure-style film that allowed viewers to control the outcome. Combined with the streaming service’s vast big data analytics capabilities, it’s why Netflix is so good at offering recommendations for what to watch next. “Online content streaming is increasingly dependent on collecting a vast treasure trove of data about you,” says Pat Walshe, a data protection and privacy consultant who has researched Netflix’s use of data. “As well as offering recommendations, Netflix can use this data to understand things such as where most customers stop watching so they can improve next time.” So what data does Netflix collect, and are there any steps you can take to make the service more private? What Netflix knows about you According to its privacy policy, Netflix collects data including device identifiers, geo-location, browser type and details you gave it to sign up such as your email address and payment information.

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Netflix’s recipe for success includes ‘secret sauce’ spiced with Silicon Valley savvy
7 months ago

Netflix’s recipe for success includes ‘secret sauce’ spiced with Silicon Valley savvy

Associated Press  

LOS GATOS, Calif. — Although its video streaming service sparkles with a Hollywood sheen, Netflix still taps its roots in Silicon Valley to stay a step ahead of traditional TV and movie studios. “It is a secret sauce for us, no doubt,” Eunice Kim, Netflix’s chief product officer, said while discussing the nuances of the ways Netflix tries to reel …

Netflix releases trove of viewership data for 18,000 shows. What does it tell us?
1 year ago

Netflix releases trove of viewership data for 18,000 shows. What does it tell us?

LA Times  

At long last, Netflix is pulling back the curtain on how well — or poorly — the majority of its original and licensed shows are performing on the streaming service. “The Night Agent,” an action thriller series based on the book of the same name, was Netflix’s most-watched hit, raking in 812.1 million hours of viewership. Between January and June, …

My Netflix: Here's all you need to know about Netflix's all new personalised tab
1 year, 5 months ago

My Netflix: Here's all you need to know about Netflix's all new personalised tab

India TV News  

In an effort to enhance user experience, Netflix, the renowned streaming giant, has launched a new personalised tab called 'My Netflix' for Android and iOS users. The 'My Netflix' tab is designed to be a convenient and personalized space that offers easy shortcuts to help users easily select what they want to watch. According to the company, the more users …

How To Access Netflix's Super Secret Menu For Better Recommendations Using "Cheat Codes"
2 years, 8 months ago

How To Access Netflix's Super Secret Menu For Better Recommendations Using "Cheat Codes"

Firstpost  

Browsing through Netflix’s catalogue and looking for new shows can be a little tedious, and often take up more time than what one would spend watching something. What you need, is access to Netflix’s secret menu, that gives you a better recommendations list. Now, users are allowed to search for a particular title in Netflix’s catalogue, but that takes away …

Netflix's Play Something feature leaves what to watch up to their algorithm, but beware the dangers of the algorithmic age
3 years, 6 months ago

Netflix's Play Something feature leaves what to watch up to their algorithm, but beware the dangers of the algorithmic age

ABC  

In April, Netflix introduced a new feature to put an end to indecisive scrolling: Play Something. "Netflix don't want you to scroll through everything for 30 minutes, find nothing to watch, and then go on Facebook, or Fortnite, or god forbid, Amazon Prime or Disney+," says Wenlei Ma, News.com.au's TV and film critic. "Anecdotally, it seems to surface Netflix original …

Netflix Binge Watching On Your Mind, But Don’t Know What To Watch? Here Is Something You’ll Love
3 years, 8 months ago

Netflix Binge Watching On Your Mind, But Don’t Know What To Watch? Here Is Something You’ll Love

News 18  

How many times have you prepared tasty snacks or what looks like a delicious dinner, settled down to watch something on Netflix and then spent the next 20 minutes scrolling the content list trying to figure out what to watch and just nothing seems to click with the mood? Netflix has a solution, something that had been visible on the …

Netflix’s most watched shows of 2020
4 years ago

Netflix’s most watched shows of 2020

The Independent  

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Column: Netflix is having a long, cruel summer
5 years, 5 months ago

Column: Netflix is having a long, cruel summer

LA Times  

Netflix is having a no good, very bad summer, and the ambient glee is palpable. Stock prices fell, one stockholder sued and media pundits came out of the woodwork to say, “We told you so.” Told you that the spending spree could not be sustained forever, that too many of its new original series lack the critical and cultural impact …

Hackers may see what Netflix interactive shows you watch
5 years, 8 months ago

Hackers may see what Netflix interactive shows you watch

Live Mint  

Chennai: Despite Netflix's move to encrypt all its video streams in order to better protect user privacy, hackers may still get to know what interactive content you watch on the popular streaming service, new research from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras suggests. The researchers said that they can analyse Netflix's encrypted interactive video traffic to find clues about the …

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