Nov 15, 2013 - Netflix requires Silverlight: That's about 40 million potential victims for the Silverlight exploit in Angler EK. Netflix depends on Silverlight; Silverlight doesn't play well with Linux. But Linux users have an easy-to-use workaround.
Remember Microsoft’s Flash competitor? Few people probably do (and Microsoft has long given up on it), but for the longest time, you needed Silverlight to watch Netflix in your Firefox browser on Windows. Starting today, however, you can in Firefox on Windows without having to install any plugins. For now, this is only true for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows users using the latest version of but both Netflix and Mozilla say support for OS X and Linux should arrive sometime next year. For the longest time, Mozilla didn’t want to build DRM solutions into Firefox. Without those, couldn’t play its videos in an HTML5 player. Earlier this year, though, Mozilla decided and announced that it would work with Adobe and others to bring DRM-controlled content to its browser.
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The latest versions of Firefox now ship with the HTML5. Thanks to these, Netflix can now adapt its video streams depending on the available bandwidth and still provide its content providers with the DRM protections they want. The company says it worked closely with to make Netflix work using Mozilla’s tag using Adobe’s Primetime Content Decryption Module (CDM).
All of this, of course, means that Firefox now ships with a built-in DRM solution. You can still install a, too, but given that Primetime CDM is now installed by default, chances are only the staunchest of DRM critics will bother doing so. With this update, Netflix now supports HTML5 players on all major browsers, including Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Chrome.
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Silverlight is a Microsoft browser developed for Internet plug-ins and other online applications, such as Netflix's streaming video player. Formerly a strictly mail-order DVD rental service, Netflix also offers streaming video of thousands of titles available to watch in any popular Internet browser. If your browser or operating system is incompatible with the Silverlight platform, however, Netflix offers streaming video on a long list of Netflix-ready devices, including video game consoles and mobile phones.
Browse the list of Netflix-ready devices. When you locate your device, click the corresponding 'Learn More' link to view a list of basic information and instructions to connect your device with Netflix. Each set of instructions is unique to each device; however, a common step shared by all of the Netflix-ready devices is that you will need to verify your account information.
Certain consoles and systems additionally require you to connect your account with a device activation code, available once you begin the installation process for the device.