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philpo@feddit.de 8 months agoIt depends on your infrastructure,sure. But as long as no Amazon Devices are in the apartment/house and the WiFi/radio emitting function is permanently turned off (which, again,is a legal requirement per EU laws - and I am 90% sure per FCC as well) there is little chance of them meshing with something.
And if you have active Amazon devices in your home the smart TV is not your problem.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Well, if your neighbor has one, I could totally see it being designed to use that connection at least for discovering nearby open networks.
thantik@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yep, you got it - that’s EXACTLY what they do. That’s the purpose of the “Sidewalk” network.
philpo@feddit.de 8 months ago
Possible,yes. Illegal? Yes.
So,sorry,unless you show me any proof that any device does it I consider it unlikely.
If you show me proof I am more than happy to call a few old contacts and raise a stink with ECC/CEPT. They don’t fuck around.
thantik@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Illegal? No.