Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet

[Dutch_12078]

Be aware, time is getting short to opt out...

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/amazon-devices-will-soon-automatically-share-your-internet-with-neig...

[Dtank]

fj12ryder wrote:
Hmm, I don't use Alexa, have the microphone physically non-working. Don't have Ring, Echo, security cams, or outdoor connected lights. Nor Tile, or any of the other stuff. Sometimes being a semi-Luddite is a good thing. 🙂

The mom's & dad's who chose "Alexa" as their daughter's name a few years ago......are conspiring to send Bezos into the far outer reaches of space when he takes his flight!!

:R

[NamMedevac_70]

I have no interest or need for any of those devices that hackers can use against you. I am not that lazy to want any of those JB devices at 74 years young.

[fj12ryder]

I'm sure your neighbors will appreciate you sharing your network. 🙂

[GDS-3950BH]

Better buy those tinfoil hats right away, I hear there is a shortage of them and the price has shot through the roof.

[thomasmnile]

No they won't. I just disabled Sidewalk on my account. Geez, Bezos already knows enough about us. :B

I'm still trying to figure out how they would access bandwidth on another router but that's way beyond my pay grade. Thanks for the info OP.

[BB_TX]

K Charles wrote:
My Wi-Fi doesn't make it to the end of our lawn, how is it going to get to the neighbors?

Don't be too sure. I can see my neighbor's wifi from my house sometimes. It is locked of course and requires a password so I can't log into it. But it is there for someone so inclined to hack into.

I also can walk down the street with my iphone searching for wifi networks and see many neighbor's wifi sitting out there. Some have wifi names that I can associate with that person so easy to identify whose it is.

[gbopp]

Thanks for posting.
Big Brother is always watching us.

[fj12ryder]

K Charles wrote:
My Wi-Fi doesn't make it to the end of our lawn, how is it going to get to the neighbors?

Shoot, you might be one who would "benefit". 🙂

[K_Charles]

My Wi-Fi doesn't make it to the end of our lawn, how is it going to get to the neighbors?

[wanderingaimles]

Dont trust anything to big brother, and yes, tech companies are big brother.

[fj12ryder]

Hmm, I don't use Alexa, have the microphone physically non-working. Don't have Ring, Echo, security cams, or outdoor connected lights. Nor Tile, or any of the other stuff. Sometimes being a semi-Luddite is a good thing. 🙂