Unfortunately, enforcement is less clear now than

 Unfortunately, enforcement is less clear now than

 it was in Netflix's previous language about account sharing, and Netflix isn't commenting on enforcement much beyond what is explained in the help center. Netflix's enforcement also varied during the tests in Latin America, according to one report. 

The current policies hinge on your account's "primary location" and the devices that connect to the Wi-Fi network there. Netflix help-center pages say your primary location is the main place you watch Netflix; you can set this primary location through a series of steps in the Netflix app on a TV. A Netflix spokeswoman said that members may get an "interstitial" message to set their primary location -- basically, a pop-up prompt on your TV's Netflix app. 

Netflix's help-center pages also say that if a primary location hasn't been set, the service will automatically set one based on IP address, device IDs and account activity. However, the help-center pages also say that if you don't watch Netflix on a TV (or don't have one), you do not need to set a primary location for your account. (CNET reached out for clarification, but Netflix declined to specify further.)

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