Amazon Sidewalk's 1-Week Opt-Out for Mass Wireless Sharing

Tune in this week as Heff and Forrest discuss Amazon Sidewalk and their short notice to allow users to opt of of their wireless sharing.

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October 13, 2023
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Amazon Sidewalk's 1-Week Opt-Out for Mass Wireless Sharing
Quick Answer:

What is Amazon Sidewalk and why did it require an opt-out decision?

Amazon gave users only a one-week notice to opt out before automatically enrolling them in Amazon Sidewalk, a mass wireless network-sharing feature.

- The discussion also covered browser extension safety risks, the JBS meat plant breach, and a US bank's approval of facial recognition technology.
- Hosted by Heff (Director of SIEM Operations) and Forrest Barth (SOC Analyst, CISSP).

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Tune in this week as Heff and Forrest discuss Amazon Sidewalk and their short notice to allow users to opt of of their wireless sharing. 

Watch to learn more about additional stories:

  • How safe are browser extensions?
  • JBS meat plant breach.
  • US banks give green light to use facial recognition technology

Hosted by Heff (Director of SIEM Operations, GSTRT, CyRP (Pepperdine), GRCP, SSAP, ITIL4-F, GISF, PECB) and Forrest Barth (SOC Analyst, CISSP, CMNO, Security+).