Amazon will share your internet connection with strangers unless you opt out today

[Jacob Siegal]

For years, a secret network has been lurking in millions of Amazon Echo speakers and Ring security cameras, just waiting to be activated by Amazon. This might sound like the opening line of a lazy sci-fi novel, but it's not. It's real, and it's called Sidewalk. As Amazon explains on its website, "Sidewalk is a shared network that helps devices like Amazon Echo devices, Ring Security Cams, outdoor lights, motion sensors, and Tile trackers work better at home and beyond the front door." And in case you weren't aware, Sidewalk officially launched today.

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