Good but privacy issue
App does what it’s supposed to do. I like the user sharing feature. Only thing is I want to download and share bird videos , but the app demands full access to my photos on my device. This is unacceptable, I only need to allow the app to add videos or selectively choose which to share. I’m not giving this company full access to read and view my photos without my knowledge.
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BE CAREFUL! Requires full access to every photo on your phone, which isn’t necessary.
So this app is used to interact with the camera bird feeder. It takes video of birds and then gives you the option to save those videos to your phone so you can share them with friends.
This should ONLY require “Limited Access” permissions on IOS, which allows the app to store videos in your photos library. However, when you grant this permission it still won’t let you save the photo and keeps prompting you to give it FULL access which is not necessary just to save the videos. Giving full access is giving this random Chinese company access to your entire photo library. Every photo and video stored on your phone. It can add, modify, delete, anything it wants. Since it’s an app on your phone, it can even send all of your pictures and videos back to its manufacturer. This is a HUGE red flag and massive security issue. I refused to grant that level of access to my personal life to a bird feeder and returned it. Pay attention to the permissions you are granting this thing folks.
This should ONLY require “Limited Access” permissions on IOS, which allows the app to store videos in your photos library. However, when you grant this permission it still won’t let you save the photo and keeps prompting you to give it FULL access which is not necessary just to save the videos. Giving full access is giving this random Chinese company access to your entire photo library. Every photo and video stored on your phone. It can add, modify, delete, anything it wants. Since it’s an app on your phone, it can even send all of your pictures and videos back to its manufacturer. This is a HUGE red flag and massive security issue. I refused to grant that level of access to my personal life to a bird feeder and returned it. Pay attention to the permissions you are granting this thing folks.
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Since the update
The indicator lights keep turning off and on all the time. It’s draining the battery and they are set to off. Might be scaring the birds away too as activity is down. :( and if you let us grade if your bird selection is right i will tell your AI all the birds. You can use where they are located to narrow down the list as well. It keeps suggesting exotic species native to completely other countries.
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User Agreement
Perhaps it’s a good app but I will not agree to use it until the User Agreement is available on the app for review. The link doesn’t work. There is too much abuse by app developers of our personal data (ie TikTok is a great example… if you’re using it, they have access to other data on your phone upon your consent). Please don’t blindly accept these user agreements!
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Unable to submit feedback
Says a person or pet is detected but nothing there. Won’t let me submit feedback
Video only. Doesn’t take still photos
Let alone high quality photos
Great App
Hey this app and product allow our family to get great pictures of the birds that visit our feeder everyday! No problems that I have seen.
