Is a Wi-Fi or non-Wi-Fi baby monitor safer?

Across the parenting subreddits and expert reviews we read, non-Wi-Fi monitors are the consensus pick for security-conscious parents because the video feed never touches the internet and can't be remotely hacked. Wi-Fi monitors offer remote viewing and analytics but require trusting the manufacturer's cloud and app security, and reviewers repeatedly flag connection drops as a real-world reliability issue.