Amazon Sidewalk: Police issue warning about feature that shares portion of your internet bandwidth By Jordan Smith Cyber expert on Amazon Sidewalk, internet outage | NewsNOW from FOX Cyber expert speaks to NewsNOW from FOX on Amazon Sidewalk launch and internet outage. Dr. Eric Cole is the author of 'Cyber Crisis,' a former CIA hacker and cybersecurity commissioner to the Obama administration. Amazon’s new Sidewalk feature has drawn the attention of law enforcement, who’ve now warned the public of potential security risks the software poses. Sidewalk pools together a small slice of users’ internet bandwidth along with their neighbors’ so the devices can work over long distances, Amazon explained on a launch page.