
The idea behind it seems innocent enough on the surface - extend notoriously spotty Wi-Fi connectivity to devices on the outer bounds of the router’s reach, using Bluetooth and LoRa to talk between devices and share bandwidth.

A rather long list of devices have this setting enabled by default, so if you haven’t done so already, here’s how to turn it off.ĭon’t know what we’re talking about? Our own Jenny List covered the topic quite concretely a few months back. So consider this your friendly reminder that Amazon Sidewalk is going live in a few weeks, on June 8th.

Whether you own any Amazon surveillance devices or not, we know how much you value your privacy.
