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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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[-] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It looks like it’s just looking for BT MAC addresses and if they look like they’re from Meta a warning pops up. As soon as Meta starts obfuscating their MACs this app will be made useless. Don’t get your hopes up and it won’t work for glasses that don’t advertise a BT MAC. It also probably also false alarms for Oculus VR headsets.

[-] knightly@pawb.social 7 points 6 months ago

They can't obfuscate a BT MAC and still get their product approved to use radios by the FCC. The same technique works for police bodycams:

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/02/17/border-agents-body-cameras-n2652331

[-] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

Thanks for that, TIL

[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

Can someone link to the app download? Site has a paywall for me

[-] nalinna@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I just found it in the Play Store. Search for the app's name, "Nearby Glasses."

[-] elvith@feddit.org 5 points 6 months ago

Should have called it Nearby Glassholes

[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

This app will be banned soon.

[-] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Of course. Have to protect the privacy of the glasses wearers.

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