Amazon US customers given one week to opt out of mass wireless sharing
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Re: Amazon US customers given one week to opt out of mass wireless sharing
#2This is such a great plot beginning for a new Skynet story :)
Re: Amazon US customers given one week to opt out of mass wireless sharing
#3Does this include echo-capable devices like car entertainment systems?
Re: Amazon US customers given one week to opt out of mass wireless sharing
#4This option does not exist on my alexa app. So...
Re: Amazon US customers given one week to opt out of mass wireless sharing
#5This page on Tom's Guide has good background, a list of devices and instructions on how to opt out.
https://www.tomsguide.com/reference/what-is-amazon-sidewalk
Amazon App> More > Settings > Account Settings > Amazon Sidewalk > Disable
Re: Amazon US customers given one week to opt out of mass wireless sharing
#6How does this work with data caps? Is Amazon going to reimburse me for overage charges from my ISP if my neighbors are using my data?
Re: Amazon US customers given one week to opt out of mass wireless sharing
#7What will happen is some high profile company that has a few Amazon devices on their network will have these devices exploited to gain network access and get hit with some ransomware/data theft/etc... and then there will be a big legal battle between Amazon and the hacked company and this whole idea will be shut down and consumers will get a $10 class action settlement for each device.
Re: Amazon US customers given one week to opt out of mass wireless sharing
#8How does this work with data caps? Is Amazon going to reimburse me for overage charges from my ISP if my neighbors are using my data?
No.
Re: Amazon US customers given one week to opt out of mass wireless sharing
#9Does this include echo-capable devices like car entertainment systems?
No. The "Sidewalk Bridge" devices that will share your internet to the Sidewalk are, as of today:
> Ring Floodlight Cam (2019), Ring Spotlight Cam Wired (2019), Ring Spotlight Cam Mount (2019), Echo (3rd gen and newer), Echo Dot (3rd gen and newer), Echo Dot for Kids (3rd gen and newer), Echo Dot with Clock (3rd gen and newer), Echo Plus (all generations), Echo Show (all models and generations), Echo Spot, Echo Studio, Echo Input, Echo Flex.
Re: Amazon US customers given one week to opt out of mass wireless sharing
#10How does this work with data caps? Is Amazon going to reimburse me for overage charges from my ISP if my neighbors are using my data?
Amazon notes this in their FAQ: it's capped at 80kbps and max of 500MB per month. I don't know if this includes Bluetooth though.