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Re:Amazon's Sidewalk Network Is Turned on by Default. Here's... by elliekelly on Monday May 17, 2021 @10:39AM (#27183947)
My understanding is that it is on by default if you use it. If you haven’t enabled Find My $device it is _not_ turned on by default.

Of course that isn’t much of a distinction since the vast majority of iPhone users will have Find My Phone turned on and I believe are encouraged to turn Find My Phone on during device setup.

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Re:Amazon's Sidewalk Network Is Turned on by Default. Here's... by Eric_WVGG on Monday May 17, 2021 @11:17AM (#27184416)
I stand corrected. Just turned off “Find My iPad” and the switch for “Find My network” disappears. So I guess it’s “opt-out of this if you’ve opted in to that”? Regardless you are right, thanks.
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Re:Amazon's Sidewalk Network Is Turned on by Default. Here's... by hn_20591249 on Monday May 17, 2021 @12:14PM (#27185140)
This is my understanding too, it isn't immediately clear so I understand the confusion but if you do not onboard your device into the network on setup, you won't be pinging other devices (like AirTags) via ULB Bluetooth
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