Netflix lock code cracked by a 12-year-old goes viral; netizens call it 'clever guesswork'

On September 6, a Dublin-based writer-reporter, Ed O'Loughlin, left netizens amused as he revealed a trick used by his youngest daughter to eliminate parental controls on streaming giant Netflix. In a brief tweet, he mentioned that his 12-year-old daughter tricked m to get parents' code as she wanted to watch an American web-series, Umbrella Acemy.

In his tweet, Ed also asserted that she also studied patterns in which y moved finger; so that she could crack code. On or side, tweet grabbed  attention of many Twitter users and netizens found it "impressive". 

A girl’s trick to get her parent’s Netflix lock code:

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Within two days, post mand to garner more than 358k likes along with 32.2k retweets; and is still counting. Meanwhile, a section of Twitterati took to comments section and penned ir reaction to same. One of users was curious to kw if writer-reporter allowed her daughter to watch web-series after her attempt to hack code.

While stating that she was allowed to watch show, writer-reported mentioned that his daughter got tired of having to go look for a parent to unlock her favourite shows. 

Meanwhile, a user took a reference from show Prison Break, when  character named Michael activated  fire alarm in first break out with a similar trick, she asked if little girl learned it from re. Ed gave an insight and stated that his daughter "figured it out" on her own.

A tweet in comment box re, "t hacking but phishing. Very impressive. Similar to a keylogger but without felonies" while ar wrote, "t even surveillance! Just observation, followed by clever guesswork, ruling out options until answer is found".

On or side, a string of tweets started a debate on current generation’s option of techlogy. ding more to same, a section of users shared similar incidents involving ir children or grandchildren. Meanwhile, a few suggested keeping parental controls by installing a stronger code.

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