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June 2nd, 2021 15:00
Amazon will be using your WiFi
Amazon customers have one week to opt out of a plan that would turn every Echo speaker and Ring security camera in the US into a shared wireless network, as part of the company’s plan to fix connection problems for its smart home devices.
The deadline to opt out of Amazon's "Sidewalk Bridges" is June 8, 2021...
Read more here.
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Everyone should opt out.
Amazon should have to pay to use customers' WiFi, especially since that's supposed to fix connection problems with Amazon's smart home devices. Guess stealing our WiFi is an easier/cheaper solution for Amazon than having to make better devices.
If we "opt out", how do we actually know Amazon is abiding by our decision or if this is just a "feel good" setting to make us think we had a choice?
Wonder if there are any WiFi router settings that would block Amazon from stealing bandwidth?