Shared logins need a written yes — not a password on a sticky note
When helper asks to use employer streaming accounts or shared logins (Singapore) is the employer process for Netflix-style profiles, YouTube Family, smart-TV apps, or other household accounts: allow, limit, or decline — with password hygiene. Phone/social boundaries sit in #31. Wifi and door-code rotation sits in #150. Privacy sits in #29. This page owns streaming / shared-login permission.
General guidance only. Soft MOM: mom.gov.sg. Follow each service’s household-sharing rules. SmartMaid.com.sg is a marketplace. Licensed EAs place helpers. Platform ≠ agency. No invented $ (no made-up subscription prices).
Neighbouring hubs:
- Setting phone and social media boundaries fairly (unique #31)
- Wifi and door-code changes (unique #150)
- Privacy boundaries for live-in domestic workers (unique #29)
- Own-name mobile line (unique #158)
- Suspected scam call or message (unique #166)
- Written house rules sheet (unique #32)
- Building trust while maintaining standards (unique #44)
- When co-employers disagree (unique #120)
- Day-one orientation checklist (unique #33)
- This article: streaming / shared logins
Step 1 — Separate wifi from accounts
Wifi access ≠ Netflix password. Wifi habits: #150. Co-employers align (#120).
Step 2 — Prefer profiles over shared master passwords
If you allow streaming, create a helper profile or guest mode. Avoid writing the master password on paper. Banking / email / MOM / EA logins stay never shared — scam awareness #166.
Step 3 — Write device and time limits
Which TV / tablet, rest-day vs work hours, volume rules. Align with phone fairness (#31) and privacy (#29). House rules: #32.
Step 4 — Her own accounts option
She may prefer her own mobile line and apps (#158) instead of household logins. Trust with standards: #44.
Step 5 — Soft MOM
Reasonable rest-day leisure is fine; unpaid account sharing that breaks service rules is not your EA’s problem — platform ≠ agency. Soft framing on mom.gov.sg. No invented $.
Soft MOM
Fair rest and clear house rules. Soft only on mom.gov.sg.
Checklist
- Wifi vs streaming decided separately (#150)
- Profile/guest preferred over master password
- Banking/email/EA logins never shared
- Device/time limits written (#32 / #31)
- Co-employers aligned (#120)
- No invented $; platform ≠ agency; soft MOM
Scripts
To helper: You may use the TV profile named [X] on rest evenings. We will not share banking or email passwords. If a message asks for our Netflix code, tell us — it may be a scam.
To co-employer: Shared streaming gets a profile, not the master password on a sticky note.
Bottom line
Allow streaming only with a profile, written limits, and zero sharing of sensitive logins — separate from wifi codes and phone rules. Browse on SmartMaid; place through a licensed EA under soft MOM rules.
