The problem lies in that EyeFi’s software that is used to setup these cards needs to be online in order to create a connection, which is because it sends information to EyeFi’s servers and then uses the data it gets back to set up the custom WiFi connection. Effectively poor mans wireless tethering. Allowing them to look at images on a computer or laptop on location without needing to take a card out or plug the camera in. Many photographers have come to rely on their EyeFi cards as cheap on location wireless image transfer devices.
Eye-Fi Mac desktop software (Eye-Fi Center).Eye-Fi Windows desktop software (Eye-Fi Center).All original pre-X2 products (Original, Home, Share, Explore, Video Share, Video Explore, Pro).How? These devices (listed below) rely on certain online services from EyeFi HQ, and the company is shutting those services down over what they are citing as ‘security issues.’ The end result is that thousands of photographers who have been using these EyeFi products will have their cards rendered useless, despite the fact that they technically still work, and could go on performing their usual functions indefinitely had EyeFi not shut down the service. It was announced today, in a private email to EyeFi users, that as of September 16th 2016 fourteen(yes, 14) of their ‘legacy’ products would be essentially rendered useless. It seems that Ricoh buying EyeFi’s Cloud was not the only big thing going on at the Wireless SD card maker in recent weeks.