Amazon Devices Will Soon Automatically Share Your Internet With Neighbors Unless You Opt Out (US)

If you use Alexa, Echo, or any other Amazon device, you have only 10 days to opt-out of an experiment called  Amazon Sidewalk. The new wireless mesh service will share a small slice of your Internet bandwidth with nearby neighbours who don’t have connectivity and help you to their bandwidth when you don’t have a connection.

By default, Amazon devices including Alexa, Echo, Ring, security cams, outdoor lights, motion sensors, and Tile trackers will enroll in the system. Amazon decided to make Sidewalk an opt-out service rather than an opt-in.

Turning Sidewalk off is relatively painless should you want to do it.