(edit, meant to put this in c/technology)
If you use Alexa, Echo, or any other Amazon device, you have only 10 days to opt out of an experiment that leaves your personal privacy and security hanging in the balance.
On June 8, the merchant, Web host, and entertainment behemoth will automatically enroll the devices in Amazon Sidewalk. The new wireless mesh service will share a small slice of your Internet bandwidth with nearby neighbors who don’t have connectivity and help you to their bandwidth when you don’t have a connection.
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it rules that they named this after a public service and unambiguous public good (the sidewalk) while it’s a corporate theft of personal property to bolster the corporation’s agenda
What's a sidewalk? I've never seen one here (America)
It's a little road that they put on the side of the main road, except only pedestrians can drive down it, not cars
where I live they literally only build sidewalks in the rich area but no one ever uses them because they all drive car. Meanwhile I have to always walk in the street :angery:
Here, they make businesses build them, but only in front of their stores, so you get this ridiculous patchwork of sidewalks.