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.”

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[–] 9 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Interesting but I feel like there are so many cameras in public recording us without our consent that these devices barely change the equation. We need a collective solution to mass surveillance, not an individual one.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    could it auto-launch a deauth attack, or send out Bluetooth spam, or the likes?

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  • The app found one pair this morning on my commute and a whole bunch of Quests. It will pickup VR headsets.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Is it just me or does its top bar with the settings n stuff hide behind your notification drawer so you can't do anything other than click start scanning?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I remember people calling these individuals glassholes. Would've been a fun app name.

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