Glad I moved completely away from Hue and now use mostly ZWave devices. From the article:

When asked what drove this change, the answer is the usual: security. Well Signify, you know what keeps user data even more secure? Not uploading it all to your cloud. Just allow a smart home to talk to Hue using the local API or Matter.

Security. What a load of nonsense.

Well, glad I don’t use their products - this just ensures I never will.