NEW YORK • Do you own an Amazon smart device? If so, odds are good that the company is already sharing your internet connection with your neighbors unless you’ve specifically
Do you own an Amazon smart device? If so, odds are good that the company is already sharing your internet connection with your neighbors unless you've specifically told it not to. This week, the company launched a program that forces users of many Echo smart speakers and Ring security cameras…
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Own an Echo? Amazon may be helping itself to your bandwidth
JOSEPH PISANI and MATT O BRIEN, AP Business Writers
June 9, 2021
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David Limp, senior vice president of Devices and Services at Amazon, displays a new Echo, left, and an Echo Plus during an event announcing several new Amazon products by the company, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in Seattle. On Tuesday, June 8, 2021 Amazon launched a program that forces users of many Echo smart speakers and Ring security cameras to automatically share a small portion of their wireless bandwidth with neighbors. The only way to stop it is to turn it off yourself.Elaine Thompson/AP