Tech traps domestic abuse victims
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Smart homes, smartphones and digital assistants are supposed to make life better, but they’ve also had the uneasy side effect of increasing domestic abuse.
Increasingly, charities and academics are classing “tech abuse” as a strain of domestic abuse, where the abuser takes control of internet and email accounts, installs listening and video equipment that isolates their victims, and deploys tracking software on mobile phones.
Experts we spoke to were reluctant to discuss details of tactics they have come across, for fear of giving abusers ideas, but they did share outlines of what victims face.
“The thing to remember is that abusers, stalkers and other bad actors are going to use any tool they can to control and abuse their victim,” said
