You're assuming the device never acts incorrectly/has bugs. Why? Also, the recent findings show it's not just subversive actors who gets surveiled. There are a

You're assuming the device never acts incorrectly/has bugs. Why? Also, the recent findings show it's not just subversive actors who gets surveiled. There are already massive dragnet operations. That's happening right now. So it's not some hypothetical, that's reality. I think the better approach, rather than waiting and finding out too late, is just to avoid these altogether. The world has mostly been pretty safe but the security appears to now be threatened and civil liberties are rapidly eroding. So just for that reason I think our position for ourselves and for friends/family should just be to pass altogether on this type of device