Netflix (com.netflix.mediaclient): Privacy & Security Findings

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387+
Android/iOS apps audited
Every app is decompiled at source-code level, not just scanned from outside.
1.04M+
Smali classes read
The full shipped code we have actually read, not an estimate.
262+
Critical findings recorded
Confirmed findings copied to regulators, not theoretical risks.
970+
Weak points found
Third-party tracking we have provably found inside the binary.
567+
Endpoints investigated
Real servers and countries where data actually flows.
132+
SDK instances mapped
Reusable libraries correlated across the entire corpus.
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Netflix
NASDAQ
2026-06-20
91d ago
Substantive
Critical
A security key exposed inside Netflix's app since roughly 2016 has never been changed, even as the company grew to more than 300 million subscribers. The microphone-access permission also sits specifically inside the Kids Profile, the mode parents set up believing it is the safer, more limited option for their children, and a marketing tool can track a device's location by geographic zone.
Decade-old Firebase API key still active in production (300M+ subscribers). RECORD_AUDIO declared in Kids Profile. Braze geofencing
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GDPR Art. 32(1)(b)GDPR Art. 25(1)GDPR Art. 6(1)+13
Yes
Closed
Disclosure
91d 00h 00m 00s
Published
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