I made an app.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.pocketpc.nearbyglassesNearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.

[autisticplushy@lgbtqia.space]

@rhelune @yjeanrenaud xddd

[fandasin@social.linux.pizza]

@Pamela1960

/sarcasm
That could be done by politly asking...and if that won't help, there's always a slap.

@yjeanrenaud

[asterisk@social.linux.pizza]

@mosquete @yjeanrenaud Probably not the best idea given its security track record. Should be put on Accrescent though.

[ivanjeronimo@bolha.one]

@yjeanrenaud It could also trigger a laser pointer to burn the sensor

[manualdousuario@mastodon.social]

@yjeanrenaud awesome idea, Yves! I shared your app in my blog: https://manualdousuario.net/en/nearby-glasses-app-camera-meta-alert/

[daltux@snac.daltux.net]

Please consider sending it to @fdroidorg@floss.social

CC: @yjeanrenaud@tech.lgbt

[yjeanrenaud@tech.lgbt]

@daltux @manualdousuario I did, and I did prepare the merge request. Takes some time for me, though

[yjeanrenaud@tech.lgbt]

@chrisp thanks!

[onyxraven@hachyderm.io]

@naturepunk @yjeanrenaud I think if they can be picked out it’s a good thing, but theoretically they can load the same type of capture and recognition capabilities- so even though it should be obvious someone is using them, they could be disguised as something else if not worn by the user? Seems fine to keep detecting them.

[mansr@society.oftrolls.com]

@yjeanrenaud Nice idea. There's something odd, though, causing the top bar of the app to go behind the Android status bar. This is Android 16 on a Pixel 8.

Also, the button text stays as "Start Scanning" after being pressed along with the "Not scanning" label below although log entries start appearing.

[richlv@mastodon.social]

@ivanjeronimo @yjeanrenaud Just start playing a song.
Maybe something from the Damned.
Maybe this one... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klidqI-5jOw .

[yjeanrenaud@tech.lgbt]

@mansr
known issue. I already fixed it (hopefully) and I will publish the new release asap

[hunterking@heads.social]

@yjeanrenaud then you find them and go

[akamran@indieweb.social]

@daltux @fdroidorg @yjeanrenaud yes, please! I'm a normie and find using f-droid MUCH easier than using GitHub

[fredrict@mastodon.opportunis.me]

@fuchsi @yjeanrenaud What do you mean by "new spyware"?

[autonomousapps@mstdn.social]

@yjeanrenaud thank you for your service

[lutindiscret@mastodon.libre-entreprise.com]

@yjeanrenaud I'm 100 ok with the false positive. I mean I want to know if someone buy or use any Meta product. It's a red flag

[lizette603_23@mastodon.social]

@yjeanrenaud wow!! Yes it is! Thank you!

[mewsleah@meow.social]

@yjeanrenaud that's great and all, but as a non-gender-conforming glasses wearer with social anxiety and somewhat visible autism, do you understand how much harder you're going to make it for me to exist in a city?

no, a weak-ass disclaimer at the bottom of a paragraph of text isn't sufficient. the vast - overwhelming, i'd suggest - majority of people wearing glasses are wearing entirely un-smart glasses that are necessary for them to see shit. and at least some of us are going to be harassed because of this app. "some of us" meaning disproportionately disadvantaged folk - who are of course the least likely to be able to afford smart glasses anyway, but by far the easiest people to approach and smash the entirely necessary prosthetic glasses of.

in short - go back to the drawing board, and don't be so fucking ableist and irresponsible in your next iteration.

[cppguy@infosec.space]

@f4grx

You can easily check for trackers. This app doesn't have any, and it has fewer permissions than most other apps, too:

https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/ch.pocketpc.nearbyglasses/latest/

@mosquete @yjeanrenaud