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Life & fun · March 16, 2026

Nearby Lens

Know when smart glasses are recording near you

What it does

Get real-time alerts when camera-capable smart glasses like Meta Ray-Ban or Snap SpectaclesGet real-time alerts when camera-capable smart glasses like Ray-Ban Meta or Snap Spectacles are detected nearby. Uses BLE signal detection — no account, no GPS, no data leaves your device. Works in background on both Android & iOS. are detected nearby. Privacy-first BLE detection. No account. Android & iOS.

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    Hi! Recently smart-glasses with cameras like the Meta Ray-bans seem to be getting more popular. As does some people's desire to remove/cover up the recording indicator LED. I wanted to see if there's a way to detect when people are recording with these types of glasses, so a little bit ago I started working this project. I've hit a little bit of a wall though so I'm very much open to ideas! I've written a bunch more on the link (+photos are there), but essentially this uses 2 fingerprinting approaches: - retro-reflectivity of the camera sensor by looking at IR reflections. mixed results…

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