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Bastille Networks' new software pinpoints connected glasses to within two to three meters by their radio emissions, a capability today's consumer detection apps cannot match.
A pair of connected glasses can walk past a phone-ban checkpoint and keep recording. The recorder is on the face, and most bag checks miss it. Bastille Networks, a San Diego wireless-intrusion-detection firm, says its new software can locate face-worn devices by their radio emissions, to within two to three meters, inside sensitive facilities (PCMag).
The system scans Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cellular frequencies and keeps a historical log. Indie apps like Nearby Glasses and Zuckoff only confirm Bluetooth Low Energy presence within phone range, Risley told PCMag. They cannot pinpoint a face. Bastille's product, built without help from Meta or other smart-glasses vendors, ships to existing monitoring-service subscribers at "hundreds of thousands of dollars and up" and counts national-security, military, and private-sector clients (Bastille webinar).
Bastille illustrates the risk with a job candidate wearing connected glasses on a long tour: the frame can capture and stream offsite with no on-device residue. Over seven million smart glasses sold last year, per Bastille, a vendor-stated figure, not independently audited (Bastille research). The U.S. Air Force updated its uniform policy in early 2026 to prohibit Meta AI smart glasses in uniform, and bars, theaters, and courtrooms have already banned face-worn cameras.
The honest limit: the system catches devices with active radios. A bad actor who powers down slips through, which is why Bastille is pitching the historical log as much as the live alert.