Following in Netflix’s footsteps from a few years back , Spotify is now tightening restrictions on its Premium Family plan by rolling out a stricter new address verification process, which includes a QR code system to crack down on password sharing outside of a single household.

Under Spotify’s updated policy , all plan members will need to confirm that they currently live at the same address as the plan manager. This verification is triggered when a member first joins, whenever the manager updates their address, or if the system cannot automatically confirm a location. Spotify says that it does not track live user locations, and instead relies on manual address entry.

If the system fails to confirm a member’s details however, that user will then receive an email giving them a week to re-verify their full address (lest they lose access to the plan).

Spotify is also introducing a mobile QR code scan which will require plan members to scan a QR code generated on the plan manager’s phone.…