> that DO NOT REQUIRE INTERNET TO FUNCTION. (Amazing, right? The whole Chinese surveillance argument falls apart right there.)

That's most likely the real problem: no cloud access means the gov't can't just help itself to your video and data like it can if it was stored in the cloud.

Though wired cams do not require FCC approval for anything, so I don't see how this ban will affect wired-only cameras installed in a private setting.