Many of them aren't as 'smart' as they pretend to be, and can easily be MitM'ed. No subscription fees, local data storage. Depends on the functionality of whate

Many of them aren't as 'smart' as they pretend to be, and can easily be MitM'ed. No subscription fees, local data storage. Depends on the functionality of whatever server it is connecting to, of course. I did this with a body scale - the online component is only storage. Then again, most of this 'connected' crap is good as a hobby only. I like playing with it, but the actual added value is very low.