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It’s time to boot the moochers off your Spotify, Netflix and other accounts

By Nicole Nguyen

18 Dec 2022 · 5 min read

Editor's Note

The WSJ has a handy guide to help you quickly find out how many devices are currently using any of your streaming or other internet services, to prevent unauthorized access or high bills.

Something weird is going on with my mother-in-law Missy’s Spotify account.

According to Spotify Wrapped, the service’s personalized year-end analysis of listening habits, her most-streamed artist was Canadian rapper Tommy Genesis. She had never heard of Tommy Genesis and didn’t recognize any of her songs.

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