Experts call for US legislation to make it easy for domestic abuse victims to leave family phone plans, which can be used by abusers to stalk their victims
who they talk to, their location, everything. https://www.semanticscholar.org/ ... https://twitter.com/... Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis : Let me tell you about an extremely upsetting & frustrating problem I had no idea existed 1/4 Technology has enabled abusers in many ways. Much of the focus, though, has been on “stalkerware,” apps abusers can use to spy on & harass their victims. https://www.wired.com/... @privacydigest : A Hidden Risk for Domestic Violence Victims: Family Phone Plans Abusers can use shared accounts to stalk and harass victims, and plans aren't always easy to escape. https://www.wired.com/...
2/4 Most abusers don't need fancy apps. They can track their victim's location, call records and more because they're on the same family phone plan. Since they're the account holder, they're in control. https://www.wired.com/...
Intimate partner violence is a widespread issue in the U.S., and the pandemic has only exacerbated it. Sarah St. Vincent, director of Cornell Tech's Clinic to End Tech Abuse, discusses an often overlooked way that abusers exploit tech to track victims. https://www.wired.com/...
For survivors of intimate partner violence, getting locked into a family phone plan can be dangerous. The person who controls the account, oftentimes their abuser, can access a survivor's call records and even the precise location of their device: https://www.wired.com/...
Important story from @lmatsakis. Fundamentally, this is another example of now-routine systems exacerbating terrible societal problems, and lawmakers' failure (or unwillingness) to address them. https://www.wired.com/...
glad to see this written about in this way! growing up in an abusive household, power over the phone plan was a huge lever of control https://twitter.com/...
“Carriers typically charge an early termination fee for canceling a contract before it's over, which can amount to hundreds of dollars. Some survivors can't afford to begin paying for a new device and wireless plan on their own.” https://www.wired.com/... via @wired
“Survivors must deal with highly motivated attackers who have intimate knowledge of their lives. In the physical control phase, attackers also have physical access to the survivors' devices and accounts. There is no one-size-fits-all solution to this type of threat.” https://twit…
We conducted research into security and privacy experiences for survivors of intimate partner abuse. Often through coercion and threats, abusers get a 360 view of what survivors are doing — who they talk to, their location, everything. https://www.semanticscholar.org/ ... https:/…
Let me tell you about an extremely upsetting & frustrating problem I had no idea existed 1/4 Technology has enabled abusers in many ways. Much of the focus, though, has been on “stalkerware,” apps abusers can use to spy on & harass their victims. https://www.wired.com/...
A Hidden Risk for Domestic Violence Victims: Family Phone Plans Abusers can use shared accounts to stalk and harass victims, and plans aren't always easy to escape. https://www.wired.com/...