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.”
Paywall Bypass Link https://archive.is/pmgAO
I remember people calling these individuals glassholes. Would’ve been a fun app name.
Is it just me or does its top bar with the settings n stuff hide behind your notification drawer so you can’t do anything other than click start scanning?
I can confirm that issue
Interesting but I feel like there are so many cameras in public recording us without our consent that these devices barely change the equation. We need a collective solution to mass surveillance, not an individual one.
I’d rather have an individual solution over nothing
could it auto-launch a deauth attack, or send out Bluetooth spam, or the likes?
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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It’s Nearby Glasses, but I updated with archive link
Thanks. I deleted my post because I found it in your description. Much appreciate it.
It will be interesting to see if the iOS app gets approved. I’d love a watch app for this as well.
