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Skynet Went Live June 8! Attn: Alexa Echo and Ring Owners [Amazon Sidewalk Network]
Bob Braxman Tech via YouTube ^ | June 10, 2021 | Bob Braxman Tech

Posted on 06/11/2021 5:46:26 PM PDT by Fitzy_888

Video at link.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amazon; amazonsidewalk; bigtech; cloud; echo; palantir; skynet
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To: Gene Eric

YouTube is under a fake name and an email just for spam. My phone has all permissions to track me turned off.

The same goes for the tab and laptop. I also use a VPN.


61 posted on 06/13/2021 6:14:57 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: Fitzy_888

I do not like it that this made me want a nationwide emp a tiny bit more.


62 posted on 06/13/2021 6:44:04 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I think the newest generation firesticks do have Alexa built in


63 posted on 06/13/2021 7:00:28 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: usconservative
According to CNET Amazon is using part of the Amateur Radio 900mhz spectrum for it's "Sidewalk" capability. I'm a HAM though I don't have 900mhz capabilities to test if this is true or not. If it's true however, I'm shocked (not) the ARRL hasn't launched a lawsuit or protests to stop this.

902 to 928 MHz is an industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band. Amatuer radio can use it on a non-interference basis.

An amatuer radio licensee should know his.

64 posted on 06/13/2021 7:02:39 PM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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To: Blue Highway

They do

But they are not part of this


65 posted on 06/13/2021 7:10:24 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: IndispensableDestiny
An amatuer radio licensee should know his.

You're mistaking my not having a 900mhz rig / capabilities with not knowing. Sheesh. Lighten up Francis.

66 posted on 06/13/2021 7:12:33 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Fitzy_888; ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

From other thread; I’d like to know how Alexa and Ring can track me if I don’t have either and some of my neighbors do.

And Amazon’s scheme doesn’t do much good if I treat my smartphone like a landline and it stays home, while I don’t.

Skynet Just Went Live!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccrUAp4GQvY ^ | June 10, 2021 | Bob Braxton
Posted on 6/13/2021, 5:12:35 PM by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

Bob Braxton discusses how Amazon sidewalk creates a mesh network that tracks your location whether or not you opt-in as long as you live in an area where Alexa or Ring doorbells are in use even if you don’t have either device.

George Orwell on steroids.

FREEPER thoughts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccrUAp4GQvY


67 posted on 06/13/2021 7:13:34 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; Mr. K

No PC mike needed.

When I did work-from-home there was a dial-in number for meetings, with an access code that everyone (including the closed-captioning transcriber) had; everyone called that number and entered the code to join the meeting.

We used company-issued laptops with the microphones disabled; work was a major defense contractor, so they were paranoid about snooping.

Captions were accessed by using the caption service website.


68 posted on 06/13/2021 7:26:35 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: Lazamataz

“The monitoring we are undergoing is at China-levels.”

Yes. It is here. And the ensuing social behavior controls are soon rolling out. Covid 19 dictates were a proof-of-concept test for it.


69 posted on 06/13/2021 7:26:51 PM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.d)
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To: dsc

That info may be coming from your browser. The Brave browser has this feature.

It remembers your name, address, etc. Handy when filling out an online form. Brave doesn’t share the info. It just supplies it to you as a convenience.


70 posted on 06/13/2021 8:03:34 PM PDT by upchuck (I am not afraid of the Chinese Virus. I AM afraid of the unproven vaccine. )
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To: WildHighlander57

Ueah mu thought is opt out of Sidewalk. How hard is this?


71 posted on 06/13/2021 8:31:25 PM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less)
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To: SeaDragon

I have an Echo Dot 2 and it is NOT part of this. However the EchoDot 3 and up are.


72 posted on 06/13/2021 8:49:52 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Disambiguator; upchuck

Thanks, guys. Right now I’m trying out the Pale Moon browser.

The thing is, this site pops up those cards one after another, saying something like “Joe Scheiss the Rag Man in Vaughn, New Mexico just bought our product.”

I popped up on one of those, then the next “card” popped up and it was somebody else. The scary thing is that I had not given that site my name, address, or anything else except state of residence.

It seems like they drilled down through my browser to steal the PII right off my hard drive.


73 posted on 06/14/2021 12:20:57 AM PDT by dsc (Abortion is the axe laid to the roots of the tree of human rights.)
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To: Fitzy_888

bookmark


74 posted on 06/14/2021 2:01:41 AM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: originalbuckeye

If you want to see something really scary, if you had that discussion sitting next to your phone (not talking on it) the same thing happens.

People have described being at certain legitimate businesses where the owners have insisted they leave their phones to the side while they discuss business.


75 posted on 06/14/2021 2:25:44 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Joe 6-pack

I had a young adult telling me a similar story (about how she started getting ads for something she’d merely discussed NEAR her cell phone) and she thought it was funny...

Some people are truly stupid.


76 posted on 06/14/2021 2:30:08 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2
I have instituted a policy at my businesses that phones stay out of the room during meetings. Period, end of story, no exceptions. For that exact reason. Also, we are working on awareness training for millennials - they don't come with filters.
77 posted on 06/14/2021 2:30:19 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: mad_as_he$$

That makes a lot of sense!

At my job in meetings some useless tokens pull out their phones and text/browse during meetings; it instantly tells me the meeting can’t be that important if they are doing this right in front of the boss that called it (and nothing is said about it).

Weird...


78 posted on 06/14/2021 2:33:20 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: backwoods-engineer

I am sure the poster meant MHz.

Hertz was a fine fellow but I still megacycles better.


79 posted on 06/14/2021 9:35:24 AM PDT by old-ager (anti-new-ager)
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To: WildHighlander57

> microphones disabled

How?


80 posted on 06/14/2021 9:36:33 AM PDT by old-ager (anti-new-ager)
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