A free app named ZuckOff now listens for the BLUETOOTH advertisements that camera glasses broadcast — then tells you when a pair is in the ROOM. MIXED reports the tool flags Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta, and Snap Spectacles, and the developer’s own copy is BLUNT about the LIMIT: a detection is NOT proof that anyone is RECORDING.
That distinction MATTERS. Smart glasses now take nearly 85% of XR shipments, Meta Connect opens Wednesday, and privacy fights around faceworn cameras keep ESCALATING. An app that can PLACE hardware nearby without claiming to catch a film roll is narrower — and more HONEST — than most of the discourse.
How the Scan Works
ZuckOff comes from Polish developer Pawel Szydlowski. According to MIXED’s September 21 write-up, the App Store listing showed version 1.2.2 published on September 18 after a first release on August 6, with more than 1,000 downloads on Google Play. The official site at zuckoff.app describes a LOCAL scan that needs NO ACCOUNT and keeps the log on-device.
Bluetooth devices ANNOUNCE themselves. ZuckOff matches those announcements against manufacturer SIGNATURES. The site lists 0x0D53 for Luxottica (Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta), 0x058E for Meta Platforms Technologies wearables, 0x03C2 for Snap Spectacles, and service UUID 0xFD5F registered to Oculus VR. Product names such as Spectacles, HeyCyan, and VistaView can MATCH at LOWER confidence.
Every flag is rated POSSIBLE, LIKELY, or STRONG, and the app shows exactly what matched — the part that lets a user argue with the result. Headsets are HANDLED differently. Quest and Vision Pro can appear in the log but are NEVER flagged, because, as the listing puts it, a headset is a camera you can SEE coming.
What It Cannot Tell You
Glasses advertise LOUDEST when they power on, pair, or leave the CASE. A pair already paired to its owner’s phone can fall SILENT, so quiet is NOT proof that nobody is filming. There is no DIRECTION either. Signal strength yields rough PROXIMITY bands rather than an arrow — “because an arrow would be invented,” the listing says.
Reclaim The Net’s September 17 report quotes Szydlowski on the MOTIVE: he was disturbed by glasses-shot content online and argued that people have a RIGHT to at least KNOW someone might be recording. The app draws that line SHORT of claiming a live capture DETECTOR.
Free Scan, Paid Watch
Scanning works for FREE while the app is open on screen. ZuckOff Pro costs $9.99 per year in the U.S. after a one-week trial, or $24.99 for a lifetime LICENCE, per MIXED. Pro unlocks BACKGROUND monitoring, alerts, a Home Screen widget, sighting history beyond 24 HOURS, and CSV EXPORT. The developer says the project is independent and not affiliated with Meta, Luxottica, Ray-Ban, Oakley, or Snap.
Why It Lands Now
The timing is not ACCIDENTAL. Connect 2026 runs September 23–24 with more AI glasses talk EXPECTED, Snap Specs just underscored how camera-bearing AR frames are ENTERING public space, and IDC-linked coverage this week put glasses near 85% of XR UNIT volume. ZuckOff does not settle the recording-light fight Meta’s CTO has been defending. It offers a NARROW Bluetooth MAP of which faceworn cameras are within a few METRES — and NOTHING about what their owners are doing with them.
Related Coverage
Sources
- MIXED — ZuckOff spots Ray-Ban Meta and Snap Spectacles over Bluetooth, but not whether they record (Sep 21, 2026)
- ZuckOff — Camera glasses detector (official site; manufacturer IDs and limits)
- Reclaim The Net — ZuckOff App Detects Nearby Camera Glasses Through Bluetooth Signals (Sep 17, 2026)
- Apple App Store — ZuckOff