56
Nearby Glasses (apt.izzysoft.de)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
🥸 1
 

i was listening to Could Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ be banned across the UK? ☞ https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/aug/07/could-metas-pervert-glasses-be-banned-across-the-uk-the-latest

in the podcast they mentioned an app that scans for them and my partner asked me to find the app. I guess it may interest some people here ☞
https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/ch.pocketpc.nearbyglasses
https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses

The app, called Nearby Glasses, has one sole purpose: Look for smart glasses nearby and warn you.

It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [S] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

i don't keep Bluetooth on. I, if/when i use the app, would turn it on to check and turn it back off.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I think the point is to get a notification when you're getting into the range of some of those glasses

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago

    "the point" always depends on how you live and what you need. I will use the app in situations where/when i need to check for smartGlasses.

    99.99999999% of my life won't need that verification.

    if you're living and working in situations where what you said in private may ruin your public life, you may always keep it on. (which would bring up other privacy concerns related to Bluetooth)

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent