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This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby - 404media (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.”

more at: @feed@404media.co

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

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[–] 1 point 6 months ago (4 children)

Hmm... I wonder if there's any solid way to detect a camera lens being in active focus or use. This app works by parsing Bluetooth traffic, but a person locally recording on their phone wouldn't have such a trail. Is there any reliable way to detect a camera lens reading exposed light?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Presumably the sensor's data lines would be detectable, but probably more like laboratory conditions.

    Perhaps a physical shutter would be a good happy medium. Put 'em on the damn cell phones, too.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah: they'd be pointing the phone at you.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago*

    Yeah, but the issue is intent and actual usage. I don't want to fuck up my neck by always looking down at a 30deg angle, so I do try to view things on my phone more level with my face. I avoid pointing it directly at people, but I can't change how others would interpret that.

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