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

https://tech.lgbt/@yjeanrenaud/116122129025921096

    • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world
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      It’s supposed to ask for Bluetooth access at that point, did it?

      Also from the GitHub page:

      if you don’t see the scan starting, you might need to enable Foreground Service on your particular phone in the Settings menu [in the app’s settings, not the phone’s]

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      It worked for me after I looked at the settings screen. I’m not sure why. If it is working, though, the debug box will fill up with a ton of text.

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        None of those buttons at the top work either. Possibly because they’re behind my notifications bar.

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          Same here.

          Go to Android Developer Settings > Display Cutout, set it to one of the other options and it should shift the app down a bit so you can access the buttons. (change it back after ofc)

          I used “waterfall cutout” but others might work depending on your phone model. Afaik no other fix is possible without the app’s code itself being modified.

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      I think you need to give it a sec or hold. The button down. The same thing happened to me. But it was scanning within a min of downloading