A method of connecting computing devices for content sharing comprising: a first device generating a unique verification identifier and storing it in memory, requesting a pairing identifier from a privilege-group server, receiving the pairing identifier from the privilege-group server and storing it in memory, generating a code based on the unique verification identifier and the pairing identifier, a second device receiving the code, determining the unique verification identifier and the pairing identifier based on the code, storing the unique verification identifier and the pairing identifier in memory, and sending the pairing identifier to the privilege-group server.