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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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[-] xvapx@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

No, the code is available, which is not the same as open source.

[-] northernlights@lemmy.today 8 points 3 days ago

They do call it "open source" in the docs though.

[-] kuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago

True, but I have no issue preventing commercial use. I view that as just as good if not better than traditional open source.

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