Amazon Sidewalk Raises Privacy and Security Concerns
DougOlenick) •
June 3, 2021
Devices such as Amazon's Ring cameras will be part of the company's Sidewalk low-bandwidth network.
Internet of things security professionals are expressing concern over Amazon's new Sidewalk - a low-bandwidth network program that will allow some of the company's connected and internet of things devices to share Wi-Fi access even outside an owner's home.
Amazon's ability to properly secure Sidewalk and what the company might do with the data collected by this new program have raised a few eyebrows in the security industry even as the company says it has worked through the security aspect and will not have access to the information gathered and transmitted.