Let me see if I can express myself more clearly. It is the IOT. They put a smart meter on my house, I couldn't stop that. It will talk to every smart appliance in my home. I neither know nor care how they communicate, the specifics are immaterial, the fact that they can and do is enough. The only way to keep them from communicating is to not have smart appliances.
A few years back the wife came home with a new Roomba. It had a label saying that it complied with FCC regulation XXX. I looked it up and the regulation had to do with cell phones. It went back in the box and was returned to the store. Roomba doesn't need to know where I live or how my furniture is arranged. I keep rebuilding the old Roomba and it does fine. I don't need the water heater installer or manufacturer selling how many showers I take or how long. Why would anyone pay to know when I wash my hands or run my dishwasher? I don't want them turning down the water temperature or shutting it down if my shower is longer than approved.
Some decades ago the cable company offered a service where they would watch your living areas, any room with a TV, and call the police if there was a home invasion or fire. The outcry was huge and the offer was retracted. People were outraged. That was before smart TV's.