Investigating the impact of technology on domestic abuse

技术支持的家庭虐待是社会面临的一个主要问题。滥用者现在使用各种电子设备来控制和监视受害者，物联网的广泛采用使这变得更加容易。一个像智能门锁这样简单的设备可以用来跟踪受害者，只要锁被打开，就可以通过监控通知来确定用户的位置。现有的研究已经广泛探索了技术的不同恶意用途，包括无处不在的设备，如移动的手机以及智能设备和物联网。虽然这提供了一个很好的证明，有一个问题，包括工程分类不同类型的攻击，有一个令人难以置信的有限的工作，试图解决这个问题。尝试的解决方案是非常高层次和抽象的，很难用来解决问题。本研究提出设计一个智能家居系统，试图通过集中在两个关键领域：访问控制和透明度，以增强虐待受害者的能力，同时抑制虐待者的控制。设计一个控制系统，允许受害者保持和重新获得对自己设备的访问，同时能够撤销滥用者不想要的访问，这将是对滥用者控制的有效保护，并且适当实现的透明度可以通知受害者隐私侵犯，同时也可以防止作为外部性的gaslighting。

Technology-enabled domestic abuse is a major problem facing society. A wide range of electronic devices are now being used by abusers to control and spy on their victims, and the widespread adoption of IoT makes this ever easier. A device as simple as a smart door lock could be used to track a victim, by monitoring notifications whenever the lock is opened todetermine the user's location. Existing research has widely explored the different malicious uses of technology, including ubiquitous devices such as mobile phones as well as smart devices and IoT. While this provides a good demonstration that there is a problem, including works categorising the different types of attack, there is an incredibly limited amount ofwork which attempts to solve this problem. The attempted solution is very high level and abstract, making it difficult to use to solve the problem. This research proposes to design a smart home system which attempts to empower a victim of abuse while inhibiting the control of the abuser by focusing on two key areas: access control and transparency. Designing a control system which allows a victim to maintain and regain access to their own devices while being able to revoke unwanted access from an abuser would be impactful protection against abuser control, and properly implemented transparency can inform a victim of privacy invasions while also preventing gaslighting as an externality.