Our cats watch our behavior and try to emulate that which appears important. Our Aby named Squid, who left us a few years ago and far too soon, used to answer the phone when no one was home. When it rang he'd push the handset off the cradle with his nose. Hey, we moved that thing when it rang why shouldn't he? I was asleep once but awakened by the phone although I decided to let it go to the answering machine then I got the show with Squid pushing the handset off. It was both curious and quite cute at the same time.

This catproofing software is an example of a programmer finding (or creating) a marketing niche and trying to fill it with a product... of dubious necessity...