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Amazon will deploy an IoT cell network by updating existing smart devices (amazon.com)
3 points by jkilpatr 2039 days ago
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This has been announced very quietly today via email and it's the most stunningly ambitious IoT project I've ever seen. Considering the existing scale of Amazon smart device deployment and the number of devices supported here we're talking about nearly instant coverage of every US city.

The security model is frightening to think about, a peer to peer echo virus could take over smart speakers, water meters, power sockets, lights, spreading peer to peer across an entire metro area.

Imaging the IRL tracking data they will amass... is it possible to opt out as a non-amazon user?