content: I have a theory that smart devices don't need your explicit configuration to connect. My ISP rolled out dual wireless AP routers a few years ago. I got one since I was "renting". There was one AP I could configure and that was part of my private network. There was a second that was open, I couldn't configure and anyone with an account for my ISP could log in and use.  The only way that it could be turned "off" to prevent people from using it was to connect my ISP's website, login and change a setting. Then no one could log into it.  However, it was still broadcasting. And it was the loudest damned radio source in my house.  So I posited the question: Why? Why would it still be on and transmitting if no one could use it? Why would it need to be the loudest damned radio source in my home. We're talking orders of magnitude louder than any wifi router in my house and at the time I had three in addition to this ISP's router.  The only answer that makes sense is the IoT, smart devices, so they can connect regardless of the user and deliver the collected data.  It's all fucking tattletech.