cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/technology/p/1812149/this-app-warns-you-if-someone-is-wearing-smart-glasses-nearby-404media
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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They never stopped in Japan
Good point, because of privacy protection laws, exactly the kind of laws we would need to pass to do something about this issue.
How effective is it really? People who want to do that will find a way.
Unfortunately true, there will always be a workaround.