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I assume the average person buying the standard model could then just disable WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS if they so chose? So this really is for high security situations?

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You can turn off those features in software on any of their cameras, but for secure facilities it needs to not exist.

This is for high security, or high RF sensitive environments. Governments and institutions are the target market.

Disabling the hardware without bricking the whole thing rather than trusting the software makes all the difference.

Why not switches like the pine phone?

Because the customers don’t trust that you won’t just flip those switches whenever you’re planning something nefarious.

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