This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby (www.404media.co)

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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.”

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[-] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

The app found one pair this morning on my commute and a whole bunch of Quests. It will pickup VR headsets.

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