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This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby - 404media (www.404media.co)
submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] artyom@piefed.social 25 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

Doesn't work 😮‍💨 push "start scanning" and nothing happens.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 48 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

It's supposed to ask for Bluetooth access at that point, did it?

Also from the GitHub page:

if you don't see the scan starting, you might need to enable Foreground Service on your particular phone in the Settings menu [in the app's settings, not the phone's]

[–] artyom@piefed.social 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yes I did. I don't know what a foreground service is or how to enable it...

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 19 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry - edited my comment as you were replying. It's in the app's settings menu.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 15 points 15 hours ago

Oh I couldn't access the settings menu previously...

Working now, thanks

[–] XLE@piefed.social 8 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

It worked for me after I looked at the settings screen. I'm not sure why. If it is working, though, the debug box will fill up with a ton of text.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 5 points 15 hours ago

Turn off "debug" in the app settings to stop that & have it only report suspect devices instead of everything it sees.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

None of those buttons at the top work either. Possibly because they're behind my notifications bar.

[–] 0x0f@piefed.social 4 points 14 hours ago

For me it worked to rotate the screen, then the buttons worked. 

[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 3 points 15 hours ago

Same here.

Go to Android Developer Settings > Display Cutout, set it to one of the other options and it should shift the app down a bit so you can access the buttons. (change it back after ofc)

I used "waterfall cutout" but others might work depending on your phone model. Afaik no other fix is possible without the app's code itself being modified.

[–] ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I think you need to give it a sec or hold. The button down. The same thing happened to me. But it was scanning within a min of downloading

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 16 hours ago

No such luck