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There's a sense of tension that lives inside Kassy Zanjani when she's on the street or at a café — and especially if a stranger approaches with a smile and what seems like a harmless compliment.

She's on alert, asking herself the same question: Is someone filming me?

That feeling is called hypervigilance — essentially, it's your nervous system trying to protect you from an outside threat.

It's common among veterans, soldiers and first responders, but it began for Zanjani in January, after learning a stranger had secretly recorded her using smart glasses and uploaded the video to Instagram and TikTok, where it amassed more than 30,000 views in the span of a week before a friend alerted her.

*** The article offers at least a partial solution ...

In February he launched Nearby Glasses, an app that scans your surroundings, to a range of about 10 to 15 metres, for Bluetooth low-energy signatures, a feature of smart glasses.

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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That is how Zuckerberg started Facebook. It was originally for rating women.

[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

More like stalking on them

[–] ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean he is a reptile monster.

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Don't insult reptile monsters like that.

[–] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago

And even if women and children are fully clothed and wearing masks elon musk's grok AI can undress them. The twitter billionaire and the facebook billionaire belong in jail with the trump/epstein pedos.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In February he launched Nearby Glasses, an app

Link to that app on android.

It hasn't been ported to Apple yet.

[–] ASaltPepper@lemmy.one 5 points 2 months ago

Once Google prevents users from installing their own applications, this will be taken down to protect your security as a Meta glasses user /s

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

Hey! This is inevitable with technology! You can't just stop people from doing this! /s

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think long hooded cloaks are going to make a fashion comeback. A scanner darkly facial shrouds too.

[–] asg101@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People need to start wearing QR codes linked to sites that brick the glasses. Or cleans out the glasses wearer's bank account(s).

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not how this works. Qr codes are just text

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Most people think all tech is evil magic. One guy installed an app once from a QR code and now everyone's grandma thinks they can brick your phone and kill your family.