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This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby (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.”

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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Can someone link to the app download? Site has a paywall for me

[–] nalinna@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I just found it in the Play Store. Search for the app's name, "Nearby Glasses."

[–] elvith@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

Should have called it Nearby Glassholes