Anafi Drone

Wi-Fi

Review date: Nov. 2, 2020

Mozilla says

People voted: Somewhat creepy

This little drone, built a bit like a bug, isn't cheap. As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. In this case, you pay for 4k HDR video, fancy digital stabilization, a camera with an 180° view, 25-minutes of flight time, and some super smart AI that lets you pick a person to follow and then step back and let the drone do all the following. Fortunately with this pricey drone, you also get improved privacy and security features we've seen lacking in many of the cheaper consumer drones.

What could happen if something goes wrong?

In years past when we reviewed consumer drones, too many of them had poor privacy and security. That's why it's nice to see the Parrot drone meet our Minimum Security Standards and take real steps to protect users' privacy. This drone costs $700, so you are paying a price to get that privacy and security. We would like to see more affordable consumer drones do a good job with privacy and security as well.

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Can it snoop on me?

Camera

Device: Yes

App: Yes

Microphone

Device: No

App: No

Tracks location

Device: Yes

App: Yes

What can be used to sign up?

What data does the company collect?

How does the company use this data?

Parrot does not share personal data with third parties for commerical purposes without your express consent.

How can you control your data?

You can request that data be deleted.

What is the company’s known track record of protecting users’ data?

Average

No known incidents in the last 2 years.

Can this product be used offline?

Yes

User-friendly privacy information?

Yes

Links to privacy information

Does this product meet our Minimum Security Standards?

Yes

Encryption

Yes

Anafi uses encryption by default. The drone uses WiFi to communicate with the remote controller and traffic is authenticated and encrypted using strong encryption. It uses WiFi PMF (Protected Management Frames). Parrot recently added SD Card encryption on some variants of the Anafi (Anafi USA & Security Edition).

Strong password

Yes

The drone sets its own secure WiFi network to communicate with the phone/remote controller, and authentication is handled by the strong encryption key. There is no remote access at all to the drone system.

Security updates

Yes

Software and firmware updates happen automatically for the drone and remote controller.

Manages vulnerabilities

Yes

Parrot has a bug bounty program and performs regular security audits of Parrot products and suppliers. Security patches are made rapidly available when vulnerabilities are identified.

Privacy policy

Yes

They have a privacy and security statement page.

Does the product use AI?

Yes

The software used to control the drone uses AI to identify objects to fly around it or to follow it. Everything is computed on the device of the user and no information is sent to Parrot or third parties.