Claudia Jean is not at all happy about this.
I’m reminded of Bill Hader talking about true crime shows, classic.
ZigBee is low-power radio (think Bluetooth but simpler), so there’s no Internet involved at all unless you connect it to an Internet-based device, and there you have many choices including open source or home-grown solutions.
If you really want to go deeeeep down this rabbit hole, the words to search are “every day carry”. Hide your credit card first though 😬
Upvote just for “melon husk” 😂
I used USB Ethernet adapters in both USB ports. TP-Link UE300, been rock solid.
I run OpenWRT on a RaspberryPi and it’s great. Happy to answer questions.
Edit: Was already posted clara with some nice background here.