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NoPeek - free open source Android app that detects nearby Meta Ray-Ban glasses and VR headsets via Bluetooth (self.opensource)

submitted 20 hours ago by getnopeek to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Meta has sold 7M+ Ray-Ban glasses that look identical to normal glasses but can record you silently.

NoPeek detects them using immutable BLE manufacturer company IDs - signals that cannot be randomized or hidden unlike MAC addresses.

Detects: Meta Ray-Ban, Snap Spectacles, Oakley Meta, TCL RayNeo, Meta Quest, Apple Vision Pro, Pico VR and more.

No ads. No tracking. No internet permission. Fully open source. MIT license.

github.com/getnopeek/nopeek-android

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[-] Novocirab@feddit.org 4 points 5 hours ago

Sweet. A question though: Why on Microsoft GitHub and not on Codeberg?

[-] iByteABit@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 hours ago

Finally, the doofus locator

[-] Gonzako@lemmy.world 23 points 14 hours ago

I'd love this on fdroid

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 12 hours ago

astounds me that people still don't make that priority #1

[-] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

Fdroid requires app to be RB (reproducible build) which is good cuz it mean the apk developer release should be identical to a build you make from source code.

My issue was that updating or adding a library to my app could break RB which can be a simple fix, but would require either waiting for pull request to be merged or forking yourself.

It just becomes a game of Guess Who to find who is at fault for RB issues. Maybe it's just a flutter thing and isn't an issue with kotlin apps, idk.

IzzyOnDroid is a great fallback

[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 2 points 8 hours ago

How so? I don't know much about the difference between Izzy and F-Droid.

[-] ropatrick@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Anyone having trouble downloading the APK from the Git page? Tried a couple of browsers.

This is the link text:

https://github.com/getnopeek/nopeek-android

Keeps circling back to the same page.

[-] harcesz@szmer.info 2 points 10 hours ago

Yep, same.

[-] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 28 points 18 hours ago

Already have https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses

How would this app be an improvement or any better? Sometimes I feel people clone app repos, tweak 1 or 2 things and call it a whole new app.

[-] magnue@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

If it ran in the background and notified me whenever one was detected it would be great.

Edit: looks like it does

[-] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 7 points 14 hours ago

I tried nearbyglasses but it doesn't stay running. I'll give nopeek a go and see if it's any better.

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 5 points 14 hours ago

But I have my BT turned off when I'm not using it...

[-] Azzu@leminal.space 16 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

But if you use this app, you would be using BT, so turn it on...

[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 8 hours ago

Just a thought: politicians should not be allowed to use such apps. This right-to-privacy shit has gone too far, in the wrong direction, protecting ONLY the wrong people.