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Lawrence Lim
July 2, 2021 at 2:48 pm
Please do not opt-out. I recently got a tile tracker and the number of people using sidewalk will increase the mesh network that tile tracking devices have. Therefore, is I lose my keys, there is a greater chance that I can find them.
If everyone were to opt out, my tile tracker will basically become useless and lack the mesh network needed to be a feasible tracker for my lost items.
Think of it like the mesh network that Apple utilized for airtags. Without the network of Amazon devices, my Tile functionality will be virtually nonexistent. Furthermore, just like Apple’s air tags, there should be security measures to protect the data packets that piggy-back between devices.
Thomas Schick
July 2, 2021 at 2:52 pm
Ear tags for Sheeple…
Husky Chugs
July 2, 2021 at 2:59 pm
Sick mullet bro
Got Em
July 2, 2021 at 3:39 pm
“it deletes the data every 24 hours” ya sure amazon….., what ever you say boss
Kyle Shields
July 2, 2021 at 4:14 pm
Y’all making easy for people to track your every move. People like criminals and the government.
martian romeo
July 2, 2021 at 4:30 pm
Who said they could use our bandwith
martian romeo
July 2, 2021 at 4:34 pm
They best be paying the user premium for every bite of there data there useing of someone’s data
martian romeo
July 2, 2021 at 4:35 pm
I want a dollar a meg for every meg they use of our data
Ninja Nerd Student #69
July 2, 2021 at 5:01 pm
Untrackable until the cyborgs rise!
Ninja Nerd Student #69
July 2, 2021 at 5:07 pm
I just have a fire stick that I rarely ever use. I will just unplug it.
e3vL1
July 2, 2021 at 6:26 pm
Sounds like apple air tag. Can you even op out on your iphone?
Piyush Jain
July 2, 2021 at 6:45 pm
When you setup a new amazon device they would highlight this feature and ask to turn it off if you need to. This is different than simply calling it “On by Default”
Piyush Jain
July 2, 2021 at 6:48 pm
That ending didn’t sound unbiased!
Laurin Collins
July 2, 2021 at 6:50 pm
No and no way.
Cliff Barr
July 2, 2021 at 6:53 pm
Amazon shares Ring video data with local police. I don’t recall that was an original intent either. At first it sounds harmless enough, then you find out that AI doesn’t not accurately identify POC. You also find out that your neighbor has significant others visit during the workday. And so on, and so on.
At some point in the near future, luxury will be “turning off and tuning out”. No phones, Alexa, Siri, 5G, laptops. Nothing.
Auroramystic
July 2, 2021 at 6:55 pm
I thought amazon doesn’t own tile
Aaron Lane
July 2, 2021 at 9:41 pm
it could just be a partnership agreement
Devin Johnson
July 2, 2021 at 7:08 pm
I turned mine off as soon as i heard about this.
Todd Horvath
July 2, 2021 at 7:20 pm
No mullets please
Nick
July 2, 2021 at 8:13 pm
CRINGE
Kote Kipiani
July 2, 2021 at 8:27 pm
Capitalism on its form ????
Aaron Lane
July 2, 2021 at 9:41 pm
I am so glad to have gotten rid of my Amazon account.
Rex Cosmos
July 2, 2021 at 10:05 pm
Nice shirt
Jolan Rensen
July 2, 2021 at 10:57 pm
It’s funny how when apple uses all their phones and tablets share location of trackers and devices across all it’s fine by everyone and when Amazon explains its 3 layer encryption people start complaining.
Still it’s very important all is secure and opt-out of course 🙂
Soma
July 2, 2021 at 11:31 pm
We’re just going to ignorre this guys bitchin’ mullet huh? Cool, cool, cool.
E-ric
July 3, 2021 at 12:57 am
I’ve been watching information about Amazon Sidewalk for some months now and, I’m afraid it triggers my paranoia beyond what I’m willing to tolerate. I did find the toggle to disable the sidewalk feature under 3 layers in settings of the Alexa app on my phone, it took some digging to locate it. While I was in the app I also found something disturbing, all of my interaction history with my Echo device was still present (years back) even though I had (or so I thought) deleted it multiple times. My thought is, what prevents Amazon from turning this sidewalk feature back on during a firmware update ? Bottom line Sidewalk was/is something I didn’t want or ask for. Now my Echo has been wiped clean to the best of my ability, disconnected and, lives in its box on a closet shelf as well as the Alexa app being removed from my phone. It would have been nice if Amazon would have made Sidewalk a opt in app that was downloadable if “you” chose to add that feature to your Echo, Ring and other devices.