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.”
more at: @feed@404media.co



What an awesome society we live in. We were promised jetpacks, but we got “hey, you’re being spied on” pocket machine. (I mean, the pocket machine spies on you too, but that’s fine, cause that’s a corporation spying on you.)