Quartz reports that Netflix will begin encrypting its services. The move will protect viewers’ watching habits from surveillance and Internet service providers. In its first-quarter earnings report, Netflix noted, “This helps protect member privacy, particularly when the network is insecure, such as public WiFi, and it helps protect members from eavesdropping by their ISP or employer, who may want to record our members’ viewing for other reasons.” In an email, Netflix Streaming Standards Director Mark Watson said the cost of switching to HTTPS was “significant” but “well justified by the privacy returns for our users.”
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