(05-30-2021, 03:46 PM)GeauxHomeLittleD Wrote: Everyone with Alexa devices beginning June 8th will be automatically opted in to the new Amazon Sidewalk. What this does is share a slice of your internet signal with anyone near enough to connect to your devices... and vice versa.
I wont even get into how this fits perfectly into the push toward Socialism (those who pay providing free wi-fi for those who don't or wont) or the privacy risks but will go straight into how to opt OUT!
Quote:Fortunately, turning Sidewalk off is relatively painless. It involves:
- Opening the Alexa app
- Opening More and selecting Settings
- Selecting Account Settings
- Selecting Amazon Sidewalk
- Turning Amazon Sidewalk Off
The entire article for those interested:
LINK
If you believe that will really turn it off, I have some prime swamp farm land at the southern tip of Florida for sale.
ALL of the Big tech groups are moving towards taking over YOUR computer, so that you pay for it, but they actually own it. That's also what "Windows 10" is all about. Try to turn off "automatic updates" on a Windows 10 machine. Go ahead, just try. let me know how it goes. If you have windows 10, they ALREADY own your computer, and most folks just don't realize it. They can force the install of any software they like, and they can force the UNINSTALL of any software they don't like. I believe as well that whenever you log in to a Windows 10 machine, it has to go through a remote Microsoft server to "approve". to allow you to log in to your OWN computer. That's what the requirement for a Microsoft account is all about in Win10. Microsoft is moving towards "Windows as a Service", so that they control not just what is on "YOUR" computer, but even how you use it. That is what "trusted computing" is all about - not that you can trust your computer, but rather that they can trust you not to use your computer in a manner they disapprove of.
That is also the reason Microsoft is making it more and more difficult to install Linux on brand new computers. the only version of Linux they control is Android, via their Amazon partners.
Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, and all of the big names are in on it together. Microsoft is aiming to control all the world's computers, and the Social Media Services are aiming to control all of the world's speech. Once they have that absolute control, the hands of the People will be tied - or so they believe.
That is not something YOU should believe, however. They only have the control over us that we allow them to have, and if they can convince us that they have absolute control, they they do, defatco, because we believe they do. It all depends on what they can convince us of, as to how much control they will have. Back in the day, bikers had a standard of " one percenters" - that one percent of the population will always act however they damned well please, despite societal controls...
... we all need to get there, and if we don't, new one percenters will always be being born. I know. I've raised a few, and they are now raising their own.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’