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>>> IF YOU HAVE AN AMAZON DEVICE

IN YOUR HOME LIKE AN ALEXA OR

ECHO, YOU HAVE SEVEN DAYS TO OPT

OUT OF AN EXPERT THAT COULD PUT

YOUR SECURITY AT RISK.

>> THIS IS CALLED AMAZON

SIDEWALK, A SHARED NETWORK TO

HELP CUSTOMER DEVICES WORK

BETTER, BOTH IN AND AROUND YOUR

HOME.

LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, OUTSIDE

LIGHTING, THAT MAYBE WIFI

ENABLED.

IF YOU LOUIS CONNECTIVITY, YOUR

DEVICE SWITCHES TO A NEIGHBORS

SIGNAL SO THE SERVICE IS NOT

DISRUPTED.

NOW, WHEN YOU TURN ON A NEW

DEVICE, IF ASKS IF YOU WANT TO

JOIN THE AMAZON SIDEWALK

NETWORK, BUT ALL OF THE AMAZON

DEVICES YOU OWN NOW

AUTOMATICALLY ARE INCLUDED JUNE

8th, UNLESS YOU OPT OUT.

>> I ADDED LAUNDRY DETERGENT TO

YOUR SHOPPING LIST.

>> Reporter: YOUR AMAZON

PRODUCTS, SECURITY CAMERAS, RING

DOORBELL, AND TILE TRACKERS

AUTOMATICALLY ENROLL IN THE

SIDEWALK SYSTEM JUNE 8th.

ONLINE, AMAZON EXPLAINS AS A

CROWD SOURCE, THE COMMUNITY BEEN

FITS.

AMAZON SIDEWALK IS AS POWERFUL

AS THE TRUST THE CUSTOMERS PLACE

IN US TO SAVE OUR CUSTOMER DATA,

AND THE TOTAL MONTHLY DATA USED

BY SIDEWALK ENABLED DEVICES IS

CAPPED AT 500 MEGABYTES, ABOUT

WHAT IT TAKES TO STREAM TEN

MINUTES OF HIGH DEFINITION

VIDEO.

IF YOU DONT WANT YOUR AMAZON

DEVICE TO SHARE A SLICE OF YOUR

INTERNET, OPEN THE ALEXA APP.

DOWN HERE WITH THE THREE LINES,

CLICK MORE.

SELECT SETTINGS.

ACCOUNT SETTINGS.

SEE WHERE IT SAYS "AMAZON

SIDEWALK"?

CLICK ON THAT.

DISABLE AMAZON SIDEWALK.

ALL RIGHT, YES.

IF YOU DONT ALREADY HAVE THE

ALEXA APP, INSTALL IT TO TURN

AMAZON SIDEWALK OFF.

YOU CANT DO IT STRAIGHT FROM

YOUR AMAZON ACCOUNT ONLINE.

>> SEEMS EASY TO OPT OUT.