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Smart Glasses are often hard to spot. This app scans for their Bluetooth ID.

i was listening to Could Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ be banned across the UK? ☞ https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/aug/07/could-metas-pervert-glasses-be-banned-across-the-uk-the-latest

in the podcast they mentioned an app that scans for them and my partner asked me to find the app. I guess it may interest some people here ☞
https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/ch.pocketpc.nearbyglasses
https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses

The app, called Nearby Glasses, has one sole purpose: Look for smart glasses nearby and warn you.

It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these.

  • Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    2·
    15 hours ago

    You can buy camera glasses which work with a micro-SD. No bluetooth, no lights, just records. Just sayin’.

    I assume this is what the true pervs use to film some of the creepier stuff.

    Honestly thinking of buying a pair, to creep on the popo. They don’t like being filmed, best to do it covertly.

  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    1 day ago

    I used these at a concert recently. It said, glasses nearby…oh wait no it didnt, that bird means no glasses nearby… I dont get it.

        • Uncle_Ben@fedinsfw.appEnglish
          1·
          15 hours ago

          If you go to the setting in the top right you can turn off canary mode and just get the actual debug logs (and you’ll get a notification if there are glasses nearby)

  • stylusmobilus@aussie.zone
    4·
    1 day ago

    There’s cheap ones getting around too. Not sure what they connect to, I think it’s a Chinese mob. The ones I refer to are being stocked by Kmart in Australia and run under their in house Anko brand.

    I don’t know if this app or program detects those. I guess the developer would need the Bluetooth code.

      • stylusmobilus@aussie.zone
        1·
        1 day ago

        Yeah I think they only put them on the shelves this week

        I just went into the local one, they didn’t have them there unless they were behind the counter