New app alerts users at risk of being filmed with smart glasses

The app’s developer described smart glasses as an “intolerable intrusion, consent-neglecting, horrible piece of tech.”

Smart glasses often look just like regular glasses, so if someone nearby is wearing one of these “luxury surveillance” devices, it’s possible you’re being recorded without your knowledge. The new app, fittingly named Nearby Glasses, scans for nearby signals from Bluetooth-enabled devices, such as Meta and Snap wearables, and potentially other always-on recording devices.

unique to the device’s manufacturer. If it detects a nearby device made by Meta or Snap, the app will alert the user. It also allows users to add their own Bluetooth identifiers in order to detect an even wider range of wearable tech.Apple reveals cheapest MacBook ever — coming in 4 fun colors and boasts a long battery lifeTo keep the app scanning in real time, users will need to enable foreground service, then they’ll press “start scanning,” and a debug log will show the app’s activity. The app’s developer, Yves Jeanrenaud, described smart glasses as an “intolerable intrusion, consent-neglecting, horrible piece of tech” on the, he shared that he was motivated by “witnessing the sheer scale and inhumane nature of the abuse these smart glasses are involved in.”by a Customers and Border Protection agent during an immigration raid in Los Angeles, or how users were wearing them to However, Jeanrenaud acknowledged that the app could be prone to false positives and could potentially detect something like a virtual reality headset made by Meta and alert the user, thinking it’s smart glasses made by Meta — though virtual reality headsets tend to be more physically obvious to anyone looking out for them. He described Nearby Glasses as a “desperate act of resistance, hoping it would help at least someone.” “Of course, it’s a technical solution to a social problem , and it won’t go away anytime soon,” Jeanrenaud said.As of now, the app is only available for Android, and Jeanrenaud said there is demand for an iPhone version, but it would depend on his spare time and availability — though he is still adding new features to the current app.Jeanrenaud shared that he can image this may include something similar to when a woman on the subway in NYC“Cant wait to loudly shame anyone recording with these so everyone in the area can get as far away from these creepy fucks. Hate the concept of these glasses, so easy to abuse too,” one person wrote.US will 'bitterly regret' sinking Iranian warship, foreign minister warns — as ayatollah calls for Trump's bloodBritney Spears arrested for DUI Cillian Murphy’s ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ offers fans ‘one last job’ in fitting end to mob saga sensation Elisabeth Hasselbeck Stuns ‘The View’ Audience As She Calls Democrats “The Party of Masks”: “You Guys Forced Masks On Everybody in the United States”The other loves of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, including the Calvin Klein model who made JFK Jr. jealous — and allegedly impregnated her

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