Hard for it to spy if it doesn’t have a connection to the world. If you really want the IoT a separate router with no WAN uplink suffices without anything talking to the outside.
Better hope your neighbor doesn't have an Alexa device or Ring camera cuz this hidden mesh network will be communicating with your new smart device without your knowledge or consent.
Only real solutions are to yank the radio transceiver out and hope the fridge still works or buy a fridge now without smart capability.
Hard for it to spy if it doesn’t have a connection to the world. If you really want the IoT a separate router with no WAN uplink suffices without anything talking to the outside.
Better hope your neighbor doesn't have an Alexa device or Ring camera cuz this hidden mesh network will be communicating with your new smart device without your knowledge or consent.
Only real solutions are to yank the radio transceiver out and hope the fridge still works or buy a fridge now without smart capability.