Brian Penny, 40, in Tucson, Arizona, doesn’t have
the heart to leave an ex out in the cold on his
HBO Max and Hulu accounts.
“She’s struggling with work and it doesn’t
cost me anything, but it does show her name
because she added herself as a proile,” he said.
“I do wonder what the next girlfriend will think
about seeing another woman’s name in my
account. I’ve already reasoned I would say it’s a
cousin or friend.”
Hari Ravichandran, founder and CEO of
the digital safety provider Aura, noted the
prevalence of password sharing among some,
but warned against it.
“It’s no secret that password-sharing is a way
for consumers to get around the cost of paying
for multiple services,” he said in a statement.
“What consumers aren’t considering is that
these behaviors make them vulnerable to digital
crime when people outside your household —
even ones you trust — have your passwords on
their devices.”
Researchers have found a variety of reasons
people maintain streaming ties after a breakup
— convenience, inances and post-breakup
friendships among them. A downside: When
a vindictive ex deliberately wreaks havoc with
algorithms to mess up ads and suggested
viewing, or creates a proile to rile up a current
love interest. One sharer said the parents of an
ex stayed logged into one of his sites for two
years after they broke up and sent him a gift
card out of the blue as thanks.
Chandler Sterling in Los Angeles shows up as a
generic “guest” proile on the Netlix and Hulu
accounts of a former long-term girlfriend. He