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Americans who own an Amazon Echo woke up on Tuesday to discover that the device had started sharing their Wi-Fi with their neighbours.

If you own an Amazon smart device, odds are good that the company is already sharing your internet connection with your neighbors unless you've specifically told it not to.

By JOSEPH PISANI and MATT O'BRIENtoday     David Limp, senior vice president of Devices and Services at Amazon, displays a new Echo, left, and

Print 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. On Tuesday, the company 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 neighbors. The way to stop it is to turn the option off. Amazon says the program, called Amazon Sidewalk, is a way to ...

Have an Echo device? Amazon may help itself to your Wi-Fi The Associated Press 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 ne...

Amazon will connect your Alexa devices with those of your neighbors to improve WiFi strength. Here's how to disable it.

Amazon Sidewalk goes live on June 8, 2021.

First Posted: Jun 02, 2021 03:26 AM EDT Amazon will soon launch a new feature to their devices that will allow users of their devices in sharing a slice of their internet connection with their neighbors. The feature is called Sidewalk and is scheduled to automatically enroll the owner of their devices on June 8, according to a USA Today report. Despite the multiple reports of Amazon Sidewalks launch, USA Today pointed out that Amazon cannot be reached for comment. What is Amazon Sidewalk? Th...

Echo and Ring users have just under a week to disable the new Amazon Sidewalk shared network feature.

On June 8, Amazon’s pulling all its devices into a device-to-device wireless mix, inspiring FUD along the way. Now's the time to opt out if you're be-FUDdled.