USENIX Security '23 - "It's the Equivalent of Feeling Like You're in Jail”: Lessons from Firsthand..

USENIX Security '23 - "It's the Equivalent of Feeling Like You're in Jail”: Lessons from Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts of IoT-Enabled Intimate Partner Abuse

Sophie Stephenson and Majed Almansoori, University of Wisconsin—Madison; Pardis Emami-Naeini, Duke University; Rahul Chatterjee, University of Wisconsin—Madison

Victim-survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) are facing a new technological threat: Abusers are leveraging IoT devices such as smart thermostats, hidden cameras, and GPS trackers to spy on and harass victim-survivors. Though prior work provides a foundation of …

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