Suggestion Wow, This Would be the basis of a thriller

[Pamela Jo]

‘Smart’ tech is being weaponised by domestic abusers, and women are experiencing the worst of it | Coco Khan

Access to doorbells, heaters and watches means that vindictive partners can control and torment wives and girlfriends, says the Guardian writer Coco Khan

www.theguardian.com

 

[mickleinapickle]

‘Smart’ tech is being weaponised by domestic abusers, and women are experiencing the worst of it | Coco Khan

Access to doorbells, heaters and watches means that vindictive partners can control and torment wives and girlfriends, says the Guardian writer Coco Khan

www.theguardian.com

Yikes! Scary world developing in front of our eyes.

 

[Hannah F]

If you want me to answer the door, you need to knock. My dog will tell me, if I don't hear. I have a fire and a stove to heat my house. I have a kettle you boil on a cooker ring. I have brass switches attached to the walls: switch down = light on, switch up = light off. My fridge is a second-hand, waist-high one with a wee freezer compartment inside - probably manufactured before I was born (and still working!) I have no Hive or Alexa or any AI companion. Turns out I'm very smart indeed!

(On a more serious note, let's not forget that though the majority will be men, it's sometimes tech savvy women who will be the stalkers or abusers. And whatever the gender of the abusers, the abused can just as easily be men.)