Ban-Rays: Experimental Glasses to Detect Smart Glasses with Hidden Cameras
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nullpxl
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
A developer is creating 'Ban-Rays' - glasses designed to detect smart glasses with hidden cameras. The project explores two main approaches: fingerprinting specific devices via Bluetooth (BLE) detection, and using infrared light to detect camera lenses by exploiting CMOS sensor reflection. The current prototype plays a Zelda 'secret found' jingle when it detects Meta Raybans via BLE. The README serves as a development logbook documenting ongoing experiments and ideas for privacy-protecting wearable technology.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledGlasses to detect smart-glasses that have cameras
So far fingerprinting specific devices based on bluetooth (BLE) is looking like easiest and most reliable approach
The picture below is the first version, which plays the legend of zelda 'secret found' jingle when it detects a BLE advertisement from Meta Raybans
I'm essentially treating this README like a logbook, so it will have my current approaches/ideas
By sending IR at camera lenses, we can take advantage of the fact that the CMOS sensor in a camera reflects light directly back
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