BonziBuddy (or "Bonzi Buddy") was a piece of internet spyware masquerading as a virtual assistant. It was created by Bonzi Software, a company that was once one of the most visited sites on the ...

Before Siri and Alexa, there was Bonzi. In the early 2000s, a purple, talking gorilla named BonziBuddy was billed as a free virtual assistant, ready for all your internet needs. It could talk ...

This is not the first time Bonzi Software has been the subject of scrutiny. The firm has run afoul of many privacy advocates, who say the Bonzi Buddy software tracks users’ Internet travels.