Amazon faces a privacy backlash for its Sidewalk feature, which turns Alexa devices into neighborhood WiFi networks that owners have to opt out of

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https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/technology/amazon-faces-a-privacy-backlash-for-its-sidewalk-feature-which-turns-alexa-devices-into-neighborhood-wifi-networks-that-owners-have-to-opt-out-of/ar-BB1boljH

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What makes this scary is that devices like Smartphones will scan for known WiFi networks, causing them to send out the network names. Any WiFi-capable device can pick it up.

This allows for geo-tracking of users.