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.”

more at: @feed@404media.co

https://tech.lgbt/@yjeanrenaud/116122129025921096

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[–] 24 points 6 months ago (12 children)

Doesn't work 😮‍💨 push "start scanning" and nothing happens.

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  • [–] 50 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    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]

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Yes I did. I don't know what a foreground service is or how to enable it...

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Same here.

    Go to Android Developer Settings > Display Cutout, set it to one of the other options and it should shift the app down a bit so you can access the buttons. (change it back after ofc)

    I used "waterfall cutout" but others might work depending on your phone model. Afaik no other fix is possible without the app's code itself being modified.

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