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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[–] 50 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

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 5 months ago (1 child)

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

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