Video services may use artificial intelligence to crack down on password sharing


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  • Friday, 04 Jan 2019

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LOS ANGELES: Still using your ex-roommate's cable credentials to watch Game of Thrones? That may soon be getting a lot harder, thanks to new efforts to crack down on password sharing for pay TV and online video services. 

One of these efforts, launched by London-based Synamedia ahead of next week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), even uses artificial intelligence to uncover notorious password sharers. 

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