Amazon wants to share your internet. With everyone.

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🗓️ 8 June 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Starting today, owners of Amazon echo speakers will be part of something called Amazon Sidewalk. The basic idea is, Amazon’s about to share your internet with your neighbors — whether you like it or not. Recode’s Sara Morrison (@SaraMorrison) explains. References: Read Sara’s story here: https://www.vox.com/recode/22516285/amazon-sidewalk-echo-tile-ring Enjoyed this episode? Rate Recode Daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. What do you want to learn about on Recode Daily? Send your requests and questions to recodedaily@recode.net. We read every email! Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Recode Daily by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This episode was made by: Host: Rani Molla (@adamclarkestes) - Producer: Schuyler Swenson - Engineer: Paul Mounsey Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts ^^^ Copy edits needed only on content above. Thanks so much! ^^^ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.3	Starting today, owners of Amazon Echo Speakers will be part of something called Amazon Sidewalk.
0:52.2	The basic idea is, Amazon is about to share your internet with your neighbors, whether
0:55.9	you like it or not.
0:57.5	You're to tell us what that means, and why you might want to opt out is Recode Reporter,
1:01.1	Sarah Morrison.
1:02.1	Welcome to the show.
1:03.1	Hi, Ronnie.
1:04.1	So Amazon Sidewalk project is apparently the company's approach to creating a mesh network.
1:08.8	What is a mesh network?
1:10.5	So your devices are connected to basically any other sidewalk compatible devices within
1:17.1	range via Bluetooth, and I think in some cases, like radio frequencies, and what that means
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