This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby
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The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to be a tiny part of resistance against surveillance tech.”

The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media’s coverage of how people are using Meta’s Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to be a tiny part of resistance against surveillance tech.”

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    • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      It’s supposed to ask for Bluetooth access at that point, did it?

      Also from the GitHub page:

      if you don’t see the scan starting, you might need to enable Foreground Service on your particular phone in the Settings menu [in the app’s settings, not the phone’s]

    • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      It worked for me after I looked at the settings screen. I’m not sure why. If it is working, though, the debug box will fill up with a ton of text.

      • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
        01·
        2 months ago

        None of those buttons at the top work either. Possibly because they’re behind my notifications bar.

    • Scrambled Eggs @lazysoci.alEnglish
      0·
      2 months ago

      I think you need to give it a sec or hold. The button down. The same thing happened to me. But it was scanning within a min of downloading