ZuckOff Know when a camera is in the room
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Tees, hoodies, hats, totes, stickers and pin buttons with the ZuckOff glasses. Each piece is printed to order by Fourthwall, and every order supports the app.
ZuckOff
Know when a camera is in the room
Camera glasses announce themselves over Bluetooth. ZuckOff listens for that and tells you when Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta, Snap Spectacles or similar hardware is nearby. Nothing leaves your phone and there is no account.
- Flags camera glasses by their manufacturer signature
- Shows the evidence behind every flag, so you can disagree with it
- Logs every Bluetooth device it hears, glasses or not
- Own a pair? Mark them once and they stop raising alerts
- Background alerts, a Home Screen widget, and a Lock Screen Live Activity on iPhone
- Start and stop a scan from the Shortcuts app, Siri or an automation
- Export the whole log as CSV whenever you want it
Merch
Tees, hoodies, hats, totes, stickers and pin buttons with the ZuckOff glasses. Each piece is printed to order by Fourthwall, and every order supports the app.
| Signal | What it means |
|---|---|
0x0D53 |
Luxottica: Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta |
0x058E |
Meta Platforms Technologies wearable |
0x03C2 |
Snap: Spectacles |
0xFD5F |
Service UUID registered to Oculus VR |
| Names | Product names like Spectacles, HeyCyan, VisionPro, VistaView, at lower confidence |
What it cannot do
Glasses are loudest when they power on, pair or leave the case. Most pairs keep advertising while worn, so you can usually hear them, but a few standalone models stay silent. Quiet is not proof that nobody is recording, and a detection is not proof that anyone is. Signal strength gives a rough distance and no direction.Help us test more hardware
Every rule in ZuckOff comes from a capture of a real device, and we own only a few pairs. If you have camera glasses the app does not list, email us. A short scan capture is usually enough, and we can take hardware on loan and send it back once it is recorded. We are also open to working with privacy groups.
Support through Suppi or Buy Me a Coffee buys the next pair to test.
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ZuckOff is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Meta Platforms, Luxottica, Ray-Ban, Oakley or Snap. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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