Smart glasses are getting smarter, and apparently more people are getting a little suspicious.
As Meta’s AI Glasses and other wearables become more common, a small crop of apps has popped up promising to tell you when a pair may be nearby. One of them is called Zuckoff, and it uses Bluetooth signals to sniff out Meta, Snap Spectacles and similar devices.
Our tech expert Omar Gallaga recently took a look at the apps and the growing privacy arms race around what’s essentially a camera you can wear on your face.
Highlight from this segment:
– Zuckoff, and similar apps like Antizuck Smart Glasses Scanner and Nearby Glasses, can tell you when there are smart glasses nearby, but there are limitations — such as not being able to detect when you’re being recorded.
– The glasses themselves are creating new public norms, including awkward confrontations should someone be recorded in a public setting.
– Meta’s recent patent application filing describing glasses with facial recognition technology has raised even further privacy concerns.
