Reaction videos often capture more than a facial expression. They can include a conversation, a family member or a recognizable part of your home. Fesi keeps reaction processing on your device and offers Privacy Lock to help restrict access when someone opens the app.
Privacy Lock and local storage solve different problems. Understanding the difference helps you choose what to record, keep and share.
What Privacy Lock does
When enabled in Settings, Privacy Lock uses your device’s authentication system before showing protected Fesi content. On a compatible iPhone, that can involve Face ID or Touch ID with a device-passcode fallback. On Android, follow the system device-credential prompt.
Fesi receives an authentication result. It does not receive your biometric template or device passcode. Set up device authentication before trying to enable the feature, and follow the operating system’s prompts.
The setting is useful when you hand someone your phone or return to Fesi after leaving the app. It should complement your phone’s own lock screen rather than replace it.
Try the lock before relying on it
- Open Fesi Settings and find Privacy Lock.
- Enable it and complete the device authentication prompt.
- Leave Fesi, then return to it.
- Confirm that authentication is required before you can view protected content.
- Check the fallback method available on your device.
If authentication fails, use the operating system’s supported recovery or fallback options. Device capabilities and interface details vary, so test the behavior on the phone you actually use.
Local processing is separate from advertising and billing
Fesi processes reaction signals and recordings on the device. That does not mean every service used by the app is offline. Free features may use advertising services, and purchases are handled by the relevant store’s billing system.
Those services have their own data practices and consent settings. Fesi’s privacy policy explains the distinction between local reaction media and advertising or purchase services. Avoid assuming that “on-device recording” means no network requests of any kind.
Exported copies have their own boundaries
Once you export a recording to Photos or share it with another app, you have created or sent a copy outside Fesi’s protected Library. Privacy Lock does not put a lock around that destination.
Deleting the local Fesi clip also does not necessarily delete a copy you previously exported, backed up or sent to someone. Manage those copies in their own locations and review the destination service’s privacy settings.
Similarly, a portable archive is a separate file. Do not assume a Fesi archive is password protected merely because Privacy Lock is enabled in the app.
Make sharing a deliberate decision
Before sending a reaction clip, watch the whole recording and listen to the audio. Check for background conversations, visible names, other people and details of your home that you did not intend to share. Ask the people involved before publishing their reactions.
Privacy Lock helps with access to Fesi on your device. Your choices about recording, backups and sharing still matter.
For a practical way to review and organize your recordings, read our Favorites and Library guide. You can learn more about the app on the Fesi homepage.