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Amazon Sidewalk (Echo, Ring doorbell) Deadline June 8

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  1. wildwest

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    Curious, the only way to opt out is by mobile app, and I do everything on my computer.

     
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    Just love how corporations can opt-in all their customers.
    :mad:

    Fortunately none of that equipment year resides here.
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    Sounds a bit silly to me but it won't have any affect here.
     
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    Opt out ?
    You don't want to voluntarily allow a big mega-corporation like Amazon to know even more about you than they already do ?
    C'mon, help Amazon beat Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and alphabet at monetizing the data-mining competition. :zip:
     
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    I love technology. But this is a line I draw, as much as possible at least. I don't have any alexa devices at home. The only amazon branded electronics I have are power supplies and a Bluetooth adapter.
     
  8. wildwest

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    Did you put in a Ring doorbell recently?
     
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    Nope. Wyze.
     
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  11. MikeInMa

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    Old school here.

    Dumb doorbell
    No device listening to what we say......that we know of.
    No debit cards
    No auto-payments from an account
    Printed checks rule!
     
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    I don't do auto pay either...those poor Texans that got multiple thousands $$ utility bills back in the winter...just zapped from their accounts...and then you have to fight and just hope to get it back...NOPE! If you are gonna try to stab me with a bill like that, you are going to have to prove that I actually owe you that...and then I'll make arrangements to get you paid...no surprise auto debits here!
    We were only married a couple years when my wife threw me a surprise birthday party...that's when she figured out I don't like surprises...no more surprise parties for me...:whistle: :D
     
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