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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.

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Tue, Jun 1st 2021 3:35pm — Mike Masnick Over the weekend there was a bit of a reasonable fuss raised after Ars Technica noted that all of the various Amazon connected devices (including Alexa, Echo, Ring, etc.) would become part of a mesh network called Amazon Sidewalk, in which the devices would be sharing a tiny tiny bit of bandwidth across the network of devices. The idea behind the mesh network is kind of cool, and there are some clear benefits to using it. But, of course, this is Amazon we're talking about -- a giant company, and the method of rolling this out seems to have caught a to...

Amazon said Sidewalk has multiple layers of privacy and security to protect your personal information, but customers also have the option to opt out.

Amazon will begin sharing your home Wi-Fi signal with complete strangers on June 8. The company calls it 'Amazon Sidewalk'.