Though they don’t always work, they’re a powerful tool in any VPN provider’s arsenal.
Ever wondered how it is that certain VPNs canunblock Netflixwhile others struggle?
Here’s how they work.
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When choosing shows or movies on Netflix, you’re restricted to the selection of your current country.
Netflix’s Detection Measures
All the above sounds pretty simple, and in theory it is.
The most likely culprits are databases that register which IP addresses belong to VPNs and which do not.
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Companies likeIP2LocationandIPQualityScoremaintain lists like this for exactly this purpose.
This is where residential IPs come in.
What Are Residential IPs?
This is usually determined by seeing who bought the IP addresses in the first place.
Their ability tocircumvent any Netflix blocksmakes residential IPs prized possessions.
You’re sneaking by any detection systems in plain sight.
It’s also unclear which VPN services are making use of them.
The Perfect Weapon?
The company also seems to deploy its own systems.
Things were going swimmingly until suddenly we were kicked out by Netflix; this happened several times.
