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Amazon is making this bold move and opting you in automatically.
If you do not want your devices to be part of Amazon Sidewalk, you can disable the service at any time.
For Amazon Echo devices, you can disable Amazon Sidewalk by following these steps:
Amazon will be launching the Amazon Sidewalk service on Tuesday that automatically opts-in your Echo and Ring devices into a new feature that shares your Internet with your neighbors. Here's more about this new feature and how to opt-out of sharing your bandwidth with other Amazon devices.
Amazon Sidewalk is now live. Here's what to know before sharing your home's bandwidth
Live now and enabled by default, Sidewalk keeps other people's devices near your home connected by passing their signals through your Echo and Ring devices.
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How to opt-out and disable Amazon Sidewalk
From BleepingcomputerIf you do not want your devices to be part of Amazon Sidewalk, you can disable the service at any time.
For Amazon Echo devices, you can disable Amazon Sidewalk by following these steps:
- Open your Amazon Alexa App.
- Select the More option in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen.
- Go to Settings > Account Settings > Amazon Sidewalk.
- Set the Amazon Sidewalk toggle to disabled.
- Close the Amazon Alexa app.
- Open the Ring app.
- Tap the three-lined icon to open the menu and go to Control Center > Amazon Sidewalk.
- Set the Amazon Sidewalk toggle to disabled.
- Close the app.