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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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[–] webdoodle@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

I just re-watched Ghost in the Shell SAC Laughing Man last night, and wouldn't mind seeing these things get hacked with the Laughing Man logo replacing any face it was looking at, re-writing signs, etc.

[–] plateee@piefed.social 9 points 2 months ago

I wonder if you could run it on a dedicated piece of gear like FlockYou...

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It apparently works with the bluetooth signals which I found really smart.

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[–] moebiusstrop@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago

Github (APK) link, if you're on a privacy phone: https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses

[–] Alberat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

i mean... you can also just look around and see the guy with the dorky out-of-place classes...

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago

I don't want to have to keep up with the current styles of SmartGlasses from however many makers of these things there are at any given time. I am happy to outsource this awareness to someone I can find good reason to trust to provide me the info I need. Just like I don't make my own vaccines, because I have no idea how to get the 5G that small.

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[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I mean, eventually there are going to be people with camera's stealthily integrated directly into their eyeballs recording non-stop.

Like that black mirror episode letting people relive any moment from their past.

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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Would love to know when the iOS app is coming out.

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