https://blog.d3soteric.com/tags/ios/Recent content in IOS on d3sotericHugoen-usWed, 02 Jun 2021 04:55:38 +0000https://blog.d3soteric.com/disabling-amazon-sidewalk-within-the-ring-app-for-ios/Wed, 02 Jun 2021 04:55:38 +0000https://blog.d3soteric.com/disabling-amazon-sidewalk-within-the-ring-app-for-ios/As reported by Wired and other outlets, on June 8th, 2021 many Alexa-enabled devices such as select Ring cameras and smart devices will automatically create a shared network across the United States for authorized devices by carving out a little bandwidth from their host networks. The only way to prevent your devices from participating is to opt out. Maybe you are not interested in sharing even a small amount of bandwidth with other devices, perhaps you are wary the types of security issues which may come along with new communication protocols, or maybe the opt-out model does not sit well with you.