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DNS-Blocklists: For a better internet - keep the internet clean!

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amazon alexa tracker #4479

Closed jordansworld closed 1 hour ago

jordansworld commented 7 hours ago

Which domain(s) should be blocked?

amzn-sidewalk-events-us-east-1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com

Why should these domain(s) be blocked?

keeps pinging home. tracker.

I confirm ...

[X] that I have checked if there is no other issue for the domain(s) whereby they were unblocked or the blocking was declined.
[X] that I have checked that the domain(s) are not already blocked.

Privacy

[X] I confirm that the report does not contain any private information.

hagezi commented 6 hours ago

What is being tracked? Are you sure it's a tracker?

amzn-sidewalk-events: This refers to Amazon Sidewalk, a service designed by Amazon to extend the functionality of devices like Echo or Ring by creating a shared low-bandwidth network.

This domain might be used to serve public or private content related to Amazon Sidewalk Event notifications.

https://docs.sidewalk.amazon/introduction/

jordansworld commented 3 hours ago

ah. i guess i didnt think of that. i disabled sidewalk so i dont know why it would be pinging that domain