Warning: *Privacy Not Included with this product
Dogness iPet Robot
Dogness
Wi-Fi
Want to play with your kitty but you're busy at work? Feeling guilty about going away for the weekend and leaving your dog for the pet sitter to look in on? Drop a few hundred bucks and get yourself this little roving robot pet toy. It's got wheels to move around and chase Fluffy, and HD video camera to record all the silly antics Fido gets into while you are gone, two-way audio to talk to your furry family member, a laser to flash all about, and the ability to toss treats to your furry friend with the click of a button in the app. The iPet Robot connects over WiFi and you better hope that is secure otherwise somebody could take over a rolling spybot in your own home and catch you, and your pet, doing all sort of things.
What could happen if something goes wrong?
Uhm, yeah, this little dog robot comes with a night vision camera and a microphone and most definitely comes with *Privacy Not Included. We couldn't determine if the bot meets our Minimum Security Standards and it appears it doesn't encrypt your data. This is very bad. And the only privacy policy we found applied to the website, not the device, so we don't know what data its collecting on you or how it plans to use that information. Did we mention it's a little bot that rolls around your house with a night vision camera and microphone? Yeah, Dogness is creepy.
Can it snoop on me?
Camera
Device: Yes
App: Yes
Microphone
Device: Yes
App: Yes
Tracks location
Device: No
App: Yes
What can be used to sign up?
Yes
Phone
Yes
Third-party account
No
Users can register with either phone number or email for registration
What data does the company collect?
Personal
Name, address, email address
Body related
Social
How does the company use this data?
How can you control your data?
What is the company’s known track record of protecting users’ data?
In March 2020, it was reported that Dogness left its ElasticSearch server, containing the usernames, emails, clear-text passwords, and session cookies of its users exposed. The unprotected information has lead to the complete exposure of it's production SQL database, application source code, and thecomplete takeover and control of it's pet feeding devices and associated accounts.
Can this product be used offline?
User-friendly privacy information?
Links to privacy information
Does this product meet our Minimum Security Standards?
Encryption
Strong password
Security updates
Manages vulnerabilities
Privacy policy
Main Privacy Policy and App privacy policy does not apply to robot or app.
Does the product use AI?
Is this AI untrustworthy?
What kind of decisions does the AI make about you or for you?
Is the company transparent about how the AI works?
Does the user have control over the AI features?
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