On Dec 31, 2017, at 10:08 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Netflix knows I have VPN turned on on my iPad and won’t let me stream videos > while it’s turned on. > > I thought VPN was supposed to be private - how do they know I am connecting > through VPN? > > Is there anyway to prevent Netflix from knowing I have VPN turned on? It doesn’t know where you enter the VPN, but it can recognize the VPN usage from the IP address of the exit node. You can try using different exit nodes. Netflix, in particular, is sensitive about foreign exit nodes because of geographical limitations on some of their streaming contracts. HNY, L^2 --- Lee Larson [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> You have to be careful! Some Internet quotations are falsely attributed. — Abraham Lincoln Speech in Richmond, Virginia, 1863
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