AP: Own an Echo? Amazon may be helping itself to your bandwidth
By JOSEPH PISANI and MATT O'BRIENtoday David Limp, senior vice president of Devices and Services at Amazon, displays a new Echo, left, and
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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 make sure lights, smart locks and other gadgets outside the home and out of reach of a Wi-Fi connect...
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 neighbors. The only way to stop it is to turn it off yourself. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) NEW YORK -- ...
Amazon will connect your Alexa devices with those of your neighbors to improve WiFi strength. Here's how to disable it.
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