Netflix Will Start Encrypting its Streams to Block Prying Eyes and Internet Providers

While the change will protect Netflix users from surveillance, its greatest effect will likely be on internet service providers, obscuring their view of a large swath of traffic crossing their networks. Internet providers will have a harder time determining if data heading to their customers are coming from Netflix or some other source, though that information could be available in other ways.

via Netflix will start encrypting its streams to block prying eyes and internet providers – Quartz.