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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.

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...

Access Now 20 May 2021 | 6:00 am Online entities have largely been allowed to collect any data they want about any person and use it for any purpose, so long as they are transparent about those practices. These practices, however, can cause extensive harm to people, including data-driven discrimination. Access Now’s new report Data minimization is the concept that companies should collect only the data necessary to provide their product or service, and nothing more. Unfortunately,...

Access Now 24 February 2021 | 8:03 am February 23, California District Judge Mendez ruled in American Cable Association v. Becerra that he would not prevent the state from enforcing its net neutrality law (SB 822) in large part because plaintiff internet service providers (ISPs) are unlikely to succeed in their challenge. The ruling was on the ISPs’ motion for preliminary injunction to prevent the state from enforcing SB 822 during the pendency of the full litigation. The judge’...

Bill addresses concerns over privacy, data security with COVID-19 tracing, monitoring Published Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, 10:12 am Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com (© Fabian – stock.adobe.com) According to a recent poll, more than half of Americans would not use a contact tracing app and similar tools from Google and Apple over privacy concerns. ...