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Alexa-powered smart devices, like the Amazon Echo, need an Internet connection. Here’s how to connect Alexa to Wi-Fi, quickly and easily.

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 speake...

Have an Echo device? Amazon may help itself to your Wi-Fi. Read more on Boston.com.

Own an Echo? Amazon may be helping itself to your bandwidth JOSEPH PISANI and MATT OBRIEN, AP Business Writers June 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 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 auto...

The only way to stop it is to turn it off yourself.

Amazon Sidewalk: Cool new technology or a security risk? Alexa, Ring users can opt out of Amazon’s internet-sharing network. Amazon Sidewalk networks can overlap so close neighbors devices can still operate when their internet connection goes down.(Rossman, James) 6:00 AM on Jun 10, 2021 CDT If you own an Amazon Echo Alexa voice assistant or Ring doorbell or camera, I’m hoping you’ve at least heard of a new technology from Amazon called Sidewalk, which is drawing a bit of controversy. Ama...

Some experts warn that the technology is so new that privacy and security risks remain unclear.

On Tuesday, Amazon launched a program that forces users of many Echo smart speakers and Ring security cameras to automatically share a small portion of their home wireless bandwidth with neighbours. The only way to stop it is to turn it off yourself.

The purpose of Sidewalks bandwidth-sharing services is to create a "mesh network" to broaden the coverage area of home Wi-Fi networks, Amazon said.