yes, the government admits to the world that it will spy on you through your appliances, then the same government throught its mockingbird media and pundits laugh and sneer and call you a conspiracy theorist for simply repeating their own words back at them.
https://www.wired.com/2017/03/kellyanne-conway-microwave-spying/ (kellyann conway crazy for saying microwaves will spy on you)
https://www.wired.com/2012/03/petraeus-tv-remote/ (we will spy on you through your microwave)