At this point no. Virtually every IoT device requires upload to the manufacturer’s server to get even basic functionality, which of course breaks when the server goes offline. The privacy policies when they exist virtually never promise end-to-end encryption (a promise I wouldn’t trust anyway as corners are cut and there are unlikely to be security audits), and often imply sales of data to partners.

In this age of AI scraping every shred of data I suspect anything connected to the internet will be compromised in a back room deals, through lack of security, or through sub-contractors sharing what they can get their hands on.

I think reactions to this are more along the lines of horrified, but it is our accepted trade off in the name of cheap products.