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AFAIK yes - matter devices can theoretically collect information about other devices in your home. A lot of matter devices use very low power radio connections that would struggle to penetrate walls/etc and it works a little bit like the internet where a network packet has an almost infinite number of ways to potentially reach the destination. So, if you're worried your TV might record the fact that your lights were turned off at 11pm... maybe get rid of that TV.
Pretty sure Matter devices can use whatever non-matter communication protocols they want.
Pretty sure they can, yes. And they need to be able to do that to download and apply security patches.
In other words - be careful what products you buy.
Thanks for your input.
Those are my assumptions as well.