From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   scbs29  wrote:   
      
   > I have just run Nirsoft Wireless Network Watcher and amongst the list are   
   several from Amazon, ie.   
   >   
   > IP Address	Device Name	MAC Address	Network Adapter Company	Device   
   Information	User Text	IPv6   
   > Address	Link Local IPv6 Address	First Detected On	Last Detected On	Detection   
   Count	Active	   
   >   
   > 192.168.1.39		94-3A-91-74-AB-0F	Amazon Technologies Inc.   
   > 24/09/2025 07:43:28	01/01/2026 17:59:43	2	Yes	   
   > 192.168.1.35		B8-5F-98-47-99-56	Amazon Technologies Inc.   
   > 24/09/2025 07:43:28	01/01/2026 17:59:42	2	Yes	   
   > 192.168.1.45		00-F3-61-4C-41-9C	Amazon Technologies Inc.   
   > 24/09/2025 07:43:28	01/01/2026 17:59:43	2	Yes	   
   > 192.168.1.110		B0-CF-CB-6A-B5-A9	Amazon Technologies Inc.   
   > 24/09/2025 07:43:33	01/01/2026 17:59:50	2	Yes	   
   > 192.168.1.41		00-F3-61-0B-F1-FD	Amazon Technologies Inc.   
   > 24/09/2025 07:43:28	01/01/2026 17:59:43	2	Yes	   
   >   
   > I assume that these are 'back door' entries to allow Amazon to spy.   
   > Is there any way of stopping them ? Task Manager shows no reference to them,   
   nor does   
   > Nirsoft WiFiDiagnosticsView.   
      
   Is your web browser configured to run background processes?  That means   
   when you "exit" the web browser, it remains loaded until those processes   
   exit.  Closing its window does not necessarily mandate exiting   
   (unloading) the program.   
      
   In Edge, the option is called "Continue running background extensions   
   and apps when Edge is closed".  Apps refers to web apps.  Check your web   
   browser's settings.  I always disable this provided the web browser has   
   the option.  Edge Desktop does.  Edge Android does not, but then apps   
   don't unload when your close their window on Android until the memory is   
   needed for a newly loaded app, and an app isn't marked a service or   
   sticky.   
      
   When you "exit" the web browser, check Task Manager to see if the   
   browser continues to run.  Also, many users leave their web browser   
   running 24x7; i.e., they never exit.  So, any add-ons in the web browser   
   could still make network connections, or you leave a web page loaded   
   that keeps connecting.   
      
   Or, do you see the above network connections even after you exited all   
   instances of your web browser (and the app is NOT still running in the   
   background after "exit" which could just mean its window got closed)?   
      
   Using Amazon Connect, Alexa, or other Amazon device?  What devices are   
   involved in your wifi environment?  Could be one of those.   
      
   You could use SysInternals TCPview on your Windows host(s) to see what   
   process has which network connections.  The above you show does not   
   point at what is the listener on you host for those network connections.   
      
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