Amazon sidewalk will share your Internet bandwidth with nearby neigh

Dhenalau

Sharing this article as it is a discovery for me and for a lot of Alexa, Echo and Ring users I think (All the details are the article, including how to disable it)
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/amazon-devices-will-soon-automatically-share-your-internet-with-neighbors/

ted1

Dhenalau wrote: »

Sharing this article as it is a discovery for me and for a lot of Alexa, Echo and Ring users I think (All the details are the article, including how to disable it)
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/amazon-devices-will-soon-automatically-share-your-internet-with-neighbors/

Before off the hysteria starts and like the WhatsApp changes , Irish users are not affected

“The Amazon webpage linked above says Sidewalk "is currently only available in the US."

grogi

ted1 wrote: »

Before off the hysteria starts and like the WhatsApp changes , Irish users are not affected

“The Amazon webpage linked above says Sidewalk "is currently only available in the US."

Maybe we should thank UE for privacy laws here...?

I simply find it absolutely unacceptable to do something like that on opt-out basis...

Dhenalau

My account country is Ireland and I have the option to opt out in my account, so I assume it might/will be activated at some point.
As I am uncomfortable with the idea of others using my network, I have turned it off.
Everyone can make their own decision.

Clareman

Looks like the Guest network Vodafone, Eir, Virgin and others use, it's 1 of the first things I turn off.