Investigating the impact of technology on domestic abuse

技术导致的家庭暴力是社会面临的一个主要问题。滥用者现在使用各种各样的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。一个像智能门锁一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，如手机、智能设备和物联网。虽然这很好地证明了存在一个问题，包括对不同类型的攻击进行分类的工作，但试图解决这个问题的工作数量却非常有限。尝试的解决方案是非常高级和抽象的，因此很难使用它来解决问题。本研究提出设计一种智能家居系统，该系统试图通过关注两个关键领域：访问控制和透明度来增强虐待受害者的能力，同时抑制对施虐者的控制。设计一个控制系统，允许受害者保持并重新获得对自己设备的访问权限，同时能够撤销施虐者不想要的访问权限，这将是对施虐者控制的有效保护，适当实施透明度可以告知受害者隐私侵犯，同时还可以防止煤气灯作为外部性。

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.