Concern Over Secret Recording of Images | How Can We Tell if Someone Nearby Is Wearing Smart Glasses?
Smart glasses allow people to film and take photos of others without drawing attention, and this capability has heightened concerns about secret image recording and violations of personal privacy.
Smart glasses make it possible to film and photograph others without attracting attention, and this ability has increased concerns about surreptitious recording of images and violation of people's privacy.
Safir Arjan, Farkhunde Rafai: Smart glasses are expanding rapidly due to the possibility of taking photos, filming and using artificial intelligence assistants without the need to hold a phone. But these same capabilities have raised privacy concerns; Because it is not always easy to recognize the recording time with these glasses, and the recording warning light may not be easily seen.
According to Popular Science, with the increase in the use of smart glasses, tools have been developed to identify these devices around users. Two applications, Nearby Glasses and ZuckOff, help users to know about the possible presence of these glasses by scanning Bluetooth signals.
nearby glasses; Free and open source option
The Nearby Glasses application is available for Android and iPhone for free and its source code is available to the public. The app attempts to identify these wearables by scanning nearby Bluetooth devices and matching their IDs with information from the smart glasses.
Users can change the detection sensitivity from the settings section so that alerts are activated at different intervals. This application on Android has the ability to send alerts in the background even when it is not open.
However, Nearby Glasses cannot guarantee the presence of all smart glasses; For example, if a device's Bluetooth is turned off, it may not be recognized. Also, this program does not determine which person in the environment is wearing the identified glasses.
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ZuckOff; Identification with monetary capabilities
The ZuckOff app is also available for Android and iOS and, like its competitor, uses Bluetooth signals to identify smart glasses. The basic version is free, but access to features such as background scanning and saving a complete history of detections costs $14.99 annually or a one-time payment of $29.99.
This program allows setting detection sensitivity and viewing the approximate distance of detected devices. It can also alert the phone when the smart glasses enter the designated range; A feature that has a separate cost. Users can also register their wearables to avoid being misidentified.
Despite these features, none of these two programs are definitive tools for detecting covert recording and cannot identify the person wearing the glasses. Therefore, their warning is merely a sign of increased vigilance, not definitive proof that someone is filming the people around them.