ZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See You
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- ZuckOff is a mobile app that uses Bluetooth detection to identify nearby smart glasses like Ray-Ban Meta and Snap Spectacles, created by Polish developer Pawel Szydlowski.
- The app has been downloaded over 5,000 times on Apple's App Store and 1,000 times on Google Play Store since its August launch.
- Meta's smart glasses face scrutiny over privacy concerns, with unsolicited filming becoming a public safety issue, leading to bans in venues like schools and cinemas.
- Szydlowski built a digital fingerprint for different smart glasses models by recording their Bluetooth signals to detect them via manufacturer identifiers.
- A BBC investigation found accounts posting non-consensual recordings of women using Meta glasses, highlighting the ease of bypassing recording indicator lights with hardware hacks.
- Meta announced an update to detect tampering with recording LEDs, despite the product's design to hide the camera.