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Well not if the network is properly separated, that way they can't ever access the public internet, right?
Maybe I misunderstand but the benefits of the IOT things is to access this stuff remotely, from your phone, from anywhere.
I have some smart lighting which I control from my phone, set up timers, automation etc. It's all local though, I have no need to access it remotely. You can set up a VPN to access your home network remotely if you want to be secure, but I've got no need so it's not worth the effort. But yeah, smart/IoT doesn't have to mean can talk to the public internet!
Anything that needs to access the internet only has that access and to nothing else on the network. Anything that doesn't need it only has access to the local devices it reports to.