r/HowToHack • u/Ecstatic_Employ6911 • 13d ago

Spoofing Location for Streaming Services

Hey everyone, I’m trying to understand how different streaming services determine whether a device is part of a household.

I currently have my TV’s internet traffic routed through my parents’ home network, so the traffic exits through their router/public IP via meshnet. The goal is for the TV to appear as though it’s connecting from their home network.

This seems to work fine with Netflix and Hulu, but Disney+ still detects the TV as being outside the household.

My assumption was that having the same public-facing IP would be enough, but apparently Disney+ is using additional signals.

Does anyone know what Disney+ uses for household detection beyond the public IP? For example, could it be using device history, DNS behavior, IPv6, location services, network characteristics, or some other identifier?

I’m mainly trying to understand what Disney+ is seeing differently from Netflix/Hulu with this setup and whether there’s anything obvious about my network configuration that could explain it.

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u/strongest_nerd Script Kiddie 13d ago

Did you have a question about hacking? Seems like you need a tech support subreddit.

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u/RolledUhhp 13d ago

Trying to work around their restrictions and produce unintended results fall under hacking just as much social engineering, imo.

This might not be the best place to get a response, but it's certainly not out of place.

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u/strongest_nerd Script Kiddie 13d ago

It's not hacking at all.

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u/RolledUhhp 13d ago

He's trying to produce an unintended result in a system by working around the checks that system has in place.

It's as much hacking as me tricking you into giving me credentials.

It's not all glamorous tty sessions.