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.
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@yjeanrenaud awesome idea, Yves! I shared your app in my blog: https://manualdousuario.net/en/nearby-glasses-app-camera-meta-alert/
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@daltux @manualdousuario I did, and I did prepare the merge request. Takes some time for me, though
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@yjeanrenaud Awwww heck yeah! Nice work!
@chrisp thanks!
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@yjeanrenaud So simple but so effective
I've got a pair of Meta Quest 1 and a Meta Quest 3 in the house if you need fingerprinting from them to see if you can filter them out?
@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.
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I made an app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.pocketpc.nearbyglasses
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.I hope it's useful for someone.
The app is open source, free and rather simple
https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglassesIt's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making
@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.
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@yjeanrenaud It could also trigger a laser pointer to burn the sensor
@ivanjeronimo @yjeanrenaud Just start playing a song.
Maybe something from the Damned.
Maybe this one... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klidqI-5jOw . -
@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.
@mansr
known issue. I already fixed it (hopefully) and I will publish the new release asap -
I made an app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.pocketpc.nearbyglasses
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.I hope it's useful for someone.
The app is open source, free and rather simple
https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglassesIt's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making
@yjeanrenaud then you find them and go
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@daltux @fdroidorg @yjeanrenaud yes, please! I'm a normie and find using f-droid MUCH easier than using GitHub
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@yjeanrenaud new spyware dropped
@fuchsi @yjeanrenaud What do you mean by "new spyware"?
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I made an app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.pocketpc.nearbyglasses
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.I hope it's useful for someone.
The app is open source, free and rather simple
https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglassesIt's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making
@yjeanrenaud thank you for your service
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I made an app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.pocketpc.nearbyglasses
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.I hope it's useful for someone.
The app is open source, free and rather simple
https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglassesIt's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making
@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
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I made an app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.pocketpc.nearbyglasses
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.I hope it's useful for someone.
The app is open source, free and rather simple
https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglassesIt's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making
@yjeanrenaud wow!! Yes it is! Thank you!
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I made an app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.pocketpc.nearbyglasses
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.I hope it's useful for someone.
The app is open source, free and rather simple
https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglassesIt's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making
@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.
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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/
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@daltux @manualdousuario I did, and I did prepare the merge request. Takes some time for me, though
@yjeanrenaud @daltux @manualdousuario
Your license has a non commercial clause. Is that compatible with f-droid? I'm not sure, but it's worth noting.
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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/
@CppGuy @mosquete @yjeanrenaud thank you so much for having checked that. I should have done it myself. I just installed the apk and will play with this app.
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I made an app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.pocketpc.nearbyglasses
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.I hope it's useful for someone.
The app is open source, free and rather simple
https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglassesIt's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making
@yjeanrenaud is this app vibe coded?
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@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.
@mewsleah @yjeanrenaud I should mention that it's not scanning for all bluetooth signals, only for ones associated with Meta
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@mewsleah @yjeanrenaud I should mention that it's not scanning for all bluetooth signals, only for ones associated with Meta
@indigoviolet @mewsleah Meta, Snap and EssilorLuxottica (Oakley and newer Ray-Bans)
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