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This is still surveillance, just with audio instead of video.
But this actually creates a new problem: wearers of pervert glasses have plausible deniability. “Are you filming me?” “Who, me? Oh no, these ones don’t have cameras. Trust me”.
Don’t forget logging every Bluetooth and WiFi device (mobile and hardwired) with location and timestamp and sending it all to meta for “tailoring ads”
Kinda makes a body want to figure out some sort of RPi+battery+automated exploit doodad to throw in one’s backpack to confuse/brick/pwn the creeperShades
BLE spam is already a functionality of the Flipper Zero but I'm not sure how much it actually hinders the data harvesters
Yep, it's just meant to muddy the waters. Pretty common tactic, especially from these big tech companies.
I think the new problem is exactly what they want to achieve.
I think so too.