Amazon's Sidewalk Network Is Turned on by Default. Here's How to Turn It Off

Re:Amazon's Sidewalk Network Is Turned on by Default. Here's... by _understood_ on Monday May 17, 2021 @11:24AM (#27184492)

The worst part is that I KNOW 100% that I opted-out of this at least 6 months ago, but to my surprise it was still enabled in the Alexa App when I double checked this AM. SMH. Do I need to take a screen shot and physically print it out and mail it to Amazon HQ? Sheesh.

I live in the PNW, and avid reader of GeekWire. They wrote a piece in December of 2020 about this issue and the forced Opt In scenario with Sidewalk and Comcast for those curious: https://www.geekwire.com/2020/amazon-sidewalk-rollout-shows-...

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Re:Amazon's Sidewalk Network Is Turned on by Default. Here's... by cptskippy on Monday May 17, 2021 @11:44AM (#27184749)

I disabled it as well but when I went to check if it was still disabled, the option isn't there. Was it removed and will be added back and enabled by default again? Is this the from beta to live transition? How many people think they've disabled it only to have it re-enabled?

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Re:Amazon's Sidewalk Network Is Turned on by Default. Here's... by geoduck14 on Monday May 17, 2021 @02:05PM (#27186253)

I just tried to disable it, and the option wasn't available.

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Re:Amazon's Sidewalk Network Is Turned on by Default. Here's... by slovette on Monday May 17, 2021 @04:41PM (#27188195)

Mine was there just now. The Amazon Apps are awful on IOS, I often have to wait a few for a page in the app to fully load with all the options/settings.

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Re:Amazon's Sidewalk Network Is Turned on by Default. Here's... by cptskippy on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @10:11AM (#27194781)

It's awful everywhere. The Privacy screen doesn't load at all on Android for me, it flashes up for a moment then an error displays. I have to open the Web App to view it.

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