• okamiueru@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Didn’t amazon want to be able to secretly piggiback on other known WiFi networks of other wifis known to amazon through connected devices, when some users would refuse to connect their decides to their WiFi? I think I remember something like that, but don’t know what came of it. Might have just been a nightmare.

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      1 year ago

      It’s called Amazon Sidewalk and it’s still a thing. When you set up any Amazon device, it defaults to on unless you click it off.

    • kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I am sorry to announce you this is totally real and is called «mesh network». I believe, (rotten) apple does the same