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It's not illegal in the United States. It's probably against the terms of service but that is up to the company to enforce, and has nothing to do with the legal system.

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As far as I understand, it probably is https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/12/take-two-ninth-circuit...

While IANAL this article doesn't seem to state that. It focuses on two court opinions which have ruled on specific credential sharing situations (wrt the CFAA) where courts have stated in their opinions that their findings don't apply in general password sharing situations, but that the language used has not been clear enough to prevent the CFAA from being used to prosecute said situations.

Yes, the article does not give a clear answer. However, simply looking at the text of the CFAA leaves little doubt that you'd be in violation if Netflix clearly communicates that you aren't allowed to log in with someone else's account.

It's hard to imagine how an account holder could authorise you to access Netflix in a situation where Netflix explicitly communicates to you that such account sharing is forbidden.

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