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Amazon sidewalk will share your Internet bandwidth with nearby neigh

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  • Registered Users Posts: 23,180 ✭✭✭✭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."


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,615 ✭✭✭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...


  • Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭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.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,901 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


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


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