Given that most people will use their one and only router for this, it means most of these devices will have access to the internet. Sure, you _might_ be able to prevent it if you jump through hoops (because it really is annoying to setup a second wifi network, at least in my experience) and assuming the devices don't fail if they can't phone home (and we can be sure some will). But everyone is much safer overall if the "common standard used by most people" did not use wifi.

> But everyone is much safer overall if the "common standard used by most people" did not use wifi.

To be clear, Thread is not Wifi.

> But everyone is much safer overall if the "common standard used by most people" did not use wifi.

What wireless protocol has the range to cover an entire house or lot? Bluetooth is sketchy beyond the same room, and I don't want to deploy a dozen hubs just to cover all my stuff...

Given that many if not most wired devices in a zigbee or zwave mesh can already perform this task (including lowly switches and light bulbs), I'm not sure how much of a problem that is. You only need one hub.

> It _can_ give devices access to the internet

My, maybe not-so-naive, assumption is that manufacturers will require an internet connection for some/all functionality because they can.

That's already the case right now today.