Yeah, this is pretty much my understanding from reading reddit threads and tutorials for running custom firmware. Even if you disable whatever 'cloud' option yo

Yeah, this is pretty much my understanding from reading reddit threads and tutorials for running custom firmware. Even if you disable whatever 'cloud' option your hardware ships with and run off, say, an SD card, your data is still being dumped somewhere in China if you allow your device to talk outside of you LAN. It's a pretty sad state of affairs when there are no real viable options for consumers if you care about security.