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Originally Posted by haertig
I do not understand how anyone could be OK with Amazon just taking part of your bandwidth for their own purposes. I don't care how little it may be, or how you probably wouldn't even notice. They are taking something that you are paying for without your express permission. This is theft of services.
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I've given them my express permission by not disabling it. Anybody who cares, and who hasn't disabled it yet, is either OK with it, or clearly living under a rock (with no Echo/Ring devices). The hue and cry has been prolific and pervasive. And it's not just "for their own purposes". I, and my neighbors who leave it on benefit. Sure, making it opt-out is a bit sleazy. So turn it off and move on.
The bottom line for me is: if you don't trust Amazon where privacy and security are concerned, then you have no business having Amazon hardware connected to your network in the first place.