Felik Pet Companion

Wi-Fi

Review date: Nov. 2, 2020

Mozilla says

People voted: Somewhat creepy

The Felik Pet Companion is what happens when three guys in Seattle who love pets decide to find a way to keep your kitty or puppy occupied when you're off doing hooman things. Felik is a little mouse-shaped bot that uses a camera and artificial intelligence to track your pets, learn from their movem ents, and react to how they hunt so it can simulate real prey. Cool! Felik connects to the WiFI in your house and has an app where you can schedule play throughout the day so when you're away, this little mousebot can play.

What could happen if something goes wrong?

We love this little robot companion for your furry family member. We do. These three guys in Seattle seem to try and take privacy and security seriously and have some cool features built in to Felik, like the ability to toggle WiFi on and off with a physical button, a indicator light when the camera is streaming, and even and on-device firewall. And it's awesome users can request an explanation about any decisions taken as a results of the artificial intelligence Felix uses by contacting the company. Good work three guys in Seattle!

mobile Privacy Security A.I.

Can it snoop on me?

Camera

Device: Yes

App: No

Microphone

Device: Yes

App: No

Tracks location

Device: No

App: Yes

What can be used to sign up?

What data does the company collect?

How does the company use this data?

Felik may use automated-decision making to enable or improve the decision-making process.

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?

Links to privacy information

Does this product meet our Minimum Security Standards?

Yes

Encryption

Yes

Strong password

Yes

Security updates

Yes

Manages vulnerabilities

Yes

Felik doesn't have an official bug bounty program, but it invites responsible disclosure of security vulnerabilities.

Privacy policy

Yes

Does the product use AI?

Yes

Users can request an explanation about any decisions taken as a results of automated decision-making by contacting Felix.

Is this AI untrustworthy?

Can’t Determine

What kind of decisions does the AI make about you or for you?

Is the company transparent about how the AI works?

Yes

Does the user have control over the AI features?