re: Amazon.com's Ring will pay $5.8 million after employees spied on customer videos

Customers will get next to nothing after the legal fees.

Just move it to the inside of your toilet bowl.

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What is this

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Very Low bandwidth network made up of Echos and Ring cameras across the US. Tile and others can use it to track devices like Apple’s AirTags using apple’s find my network. It was also used to help nearby ring or echo devices that lost Wi-Fi connections to connect/communicate (or maybe to help Amazon dial in).

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Amazon Sidewalk is a low-bandwidth long-range wireless communication protocol developed by Amazon.[1] It uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for short distance communication,[2] and 900 MHz LoRa and other frequencies for longer distances.

… In May 2021, Amazon and Tile announced plans to use Sidewalk to compete with the AirTag tracker device and associated location service from Apple.

Amazon launched the network in the US on June 8, 2021.

In March 2023, Amazon opened the network up for outside developers to access, providing free test kits for developers to build Sidewalk devices. Amazon stated that more than 90% of the U.S. population was covered by the Sidewalk network.

… The following devices support Amazon Sidewalk:
Amazon Echo devices
Ring doorbells and cameras
CareBand wearables for people living with dementia
Fetch, an upcoming pet collar from Tile

… Amazon Echo devices have Sidewalk enabled by default and do not inform their owner about it. The feature can be disabled via the official app.

A number of prominent news publishers, including The Guardian, ArsTechnica, CNET, PCMag, Click2Houston, and Bleeping Computer, expressed concern with opt-out nature of the network and published guides how to disable Amazon Sidewalk.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Sidewalk