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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
Amazon Launches Sidewalk; Experts Raise Privacy And Security Concerns KEY POINTS The new feature is called Amazon Sidewalk Amazon Sidewalk covers Echo speakers, Ring devices and soon Tile trackers Amazon on Tuesday launched the Sidewalk -- a new feature that aims at improving users' experience by keeping select home devices connected. Experts have, however, raised concerns over the feature's privacy and security issues. Security experts are concerned about Amazon's ability to properly secure Sidewalk and what it would do with the data collected using this new program. Security and privacy r...
So “Amazon Sidewalk” started yesterday & it’s a new feature that aims to keep devices connected to a network when they lose their link to a router. Sounds like a great thing, right!?!? Only, it’s NOT Amazon that’s stepping-up to ensure this happens……..it’s consumers!!! If you use Alexa/Echo or Ring products, you are automatically allowing a portion of your “low-bandwidth” network to be used as an option for this, unless you OPT OUT. Amazon has assured all to not worry due to the multiple layers of encryption & blah, blah, blah so maybe you don’t need to worry, but ...
Amazon’s new free service, called Sidewalk, could share a bit of your internet with your neighbors unless you opt out.