<story><title>Amazon US customers given one week to opt out of mass wireless sharing</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jun/01/amazon-us-customers-given-one-week-to-opt-out-of-mass-wireless-sharing</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>remarkEon</author><text>Article doesn&amp;#x27;t mention it, but this is how you opt-out (there are others but this one has screenshots).&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.tomsguide.com&amp;#x2F;reference&amp;#x2F;what-is-amazon-sidewalk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.tomsguide.com&amp;#x2F;reference&amp;#x2F;what-is-amazon-sidewalk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Added to my list for the next time I&amp;#x27;m on the phone with my parents, for our (weekly at this point) how-to sessions on &amp;quot;stopping the industry I work in from spying on you&amp;quot;. I really, really wish product managers would understand the kind of ecosystem they&amp;#x27;re building, and the kind of customer blow-back they will enable by optimizing for $$$ under the guise of &amp;quot;making things easier&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Side question: what problem does Amazon thinks this solves? Bad connectivity experiences for Ring users?&lt;p&gt;Edit: changed the link to a better guide linked elsewhere in the thread</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>unyttigfjelltol</author><text>Missed a step in that opt-out how-to: 1. Install Alexa App on phone.&lt;p&gt;Why can&amp;#x27;t I disable this &amp;#x27;account setting&amp;#x27; from the Amazon web portal.  Plus, if I mistrust Amazon&amp;#x27;s repurposing of devices, why would I want an Alexa app installed to potentially repurpose my phone?  Funnily enough, Sidewalk was just one of 3 surprising anti-security&amp;#x2F;anti-privacy settings available only in the app.</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon US customers given one week to opt out of mass wireless sharing</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jun/01/amazon-us-customers-given-one-week-to-opt-out-of-mass-wireless-sharing</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>remarkEon</author><text>Article doesn&amp;#x27;t mention it, but this is how you opt-out (there are others but this one has screenshots).&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.tomsguide.com&amp;#x2F;reference&amp;#x2F;what-is-amazon-sidewalk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.tomsguide.com&amp;#x2F;reference&amp;#x2F;what-is-amazon-sidewalk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Added to my list for the next time I&amp;#x27;m on the phone with my parents, for our (weekly at this point) how-to sessions on &amp;quot;stopping the industry I work in from spying on you&amp;quot;. I really, really wish product managers would understand the kind of ecosystem they&amp;#x27;re building, and the kind of customer blow-back they will enable by optimizing for $$$ under the guise of &amp;quot;making things easier&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Side question: what problem does Amazon thinks this solves? Bad connectivity experiences for Ring users?&lt;p&gt;Edit: changed the link to a better guide linked elsewhere in the thread</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nanidin</author><text>Every time this Sidewalk concern style story crops up (which it has several times over the last 6-12 months), I have rechecked that Sidewalk is disabled. So far I have not found it set to anything except for disabled. I hope Amazon isn’t doing a gradual roll out to enable, as if I find it enabled at any point in the future, I am done with Amazon devices in my home.&lt;p&gt;As far as I’m concerned based on Amazon Logistics performance in my area and the impact to the quality of other delivery carriers in my area, Amazon is not afraid to engage in a race to the bottom in the name of market share and profits. Opting me in to Sidewalk will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back and sends me to anyone else except for Amazon when shopping.</text></comment>