#tech-abuse — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #tech-abuse, aggregated by home.social.
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Emma Pickering of Refuge warns of a 62% surge in tech-facilitated abuse—from stalkerware and spy cams to deepfakes and wearable surveillance—and explains why policing and digital forensics must urgently catch up. https://www.forensicfocus.com/interviews/emma-pickering-head-of-technology-facilitated-abuse-and-economic-empowerment-refuge/ #DigitalForensics #TechAbuse
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AI-induced psychosis: the danger of humans and machines hallucinating together
#Tech #AI #OpenAI #CharGPT #MentalHealth #Psychosis #Chatbots #AIChatbots #AIDangers #TechEthics #OnlineRisks #DigitalSafety #HumanMachineInteraction #TechAbuse #AIRegulation
https://the-14.com/ai-induced-psychosis-the-danger-of-humans-and-machines-hallucinating-together/ -
How a Flaw in Apple’s Family Sharing Can Be Weaponized in Custody Disputes
The Hidden Risk Behind a Convenient Feature
Apple’s Family Sharing system promises simplicity: one organizer manages purchases, subscriptions, and parental controls for the whole family. But that simplicity hides a troubling flaw — one that can be exploited when relationships turn toxic.
Under the current design, only the designated organizer has full administrative control. The other parent — even if marked as a “guardian” — cannot remove children, delete the family group, or transfer them to a new one. That means when a marriage or partnership ends, the organizer keeps the power, even if they no longer have legal custody.
💔 When Technology Enables Control
Wired recently profiled Kate (a pseudonym), a mother who experienced this firsthand. When her marriage ended, her ex-husband, still listed as the organizer, refused to disband their family group. From there, he:
Monitored the children’s locations Set strict screen time limits during Kate’s custody days Lifted those limits during his own
Despite having a court order naming her the custodial parent, Apple told Kate it could not intervene. Only the organizer could release the accounts. The alternative — abandoning existing Apple IDs and starting over — would mean losing years of data, photos, and app purchases.
⚠️ A Design Flaw with Real-World Consequences
What seems like a small technical limitation has major implications for survivors of domestic abuse and coercive control. Experts argue Apple must introduce:
Dual-organizer roles, allowing both parents equal authority A verified custody transfer process, especially in family court cases Safety-mode protocols for survivors exiting shared digital systems
Without such changes, Apple’s convenience feature risks becoming a digital weapon in abusive dynamics.
💬 The Broader Lesson
Technology isn’t neutral when power is uneven. Tools like Family Sharing, built for harmony, can unintentionally entrench control in the wrong hands. Until companies design for these realities, victims will continue to pay the price — not just emotionally, but digitally.
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Here is a link to the Source Article on 9To5Mac
#Apple #CustodyRights #DigitalSafety #FamilySharing #News #Privacy #TechAbuse #Technology
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🚨 Our Tech Abuse Conference is coming up! 🚨
📢 Call for Papers/Contributions and registration are now open.
Join researchers, advocates, and technologists tackling tech-facilitated abuse and online safety.
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Revise Legal Frameworks to Address Tech-Abuse and Stalking in Domestic Violence Cases
"As victim of tech-abuse and post-separation stalking, I have lived the reality of our legislatively flawed legal system firsthand. Despite thorough reporting to the police, my perpetrator remains at large due to current legislation: a three-month repetition clause within reporting limitations." -
Is technology to blame? Join Refuge's panel session, targeting tech developers, legislators and criminal justice professionals, to explore where accountability lies. https://refugetechsafetysummit.vfairs.com/ #techabuse
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Join Refuge's Tech Safety Summit and hear about the intersection of technology-facilitated abuse and economic abuse. https://refugetechsafetysummit.vfairs.com/ #techabuse
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Join Refuge for a dedicated session exploring how AI is being misused against the most vulnerable. https://refugetechsafetysummit.vfairs.com/ #techabuse
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Join Refuge on the 25th of September for their dedicated session exploring the impact of technology-facilitated abuse within marginalised communities, including the misuse of deepfake technology and implications for survivors. https://refugetechsafetysummit.vfairs.com/ #techabuse
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🚨Attention🚨
📨The new #Gender & #Tech (#GIoT) #Newsletter (#76, June) has hit your inboxes 📬
➡️Read the latest #techabuse/#TFGBV/#OVAWG/ updates here: https://mailchi.mp/584e27951c01/giot-newsletter-june
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Issue 75 [❗] of our 📰#GIoT #Newsletter📰 is out now: Read the latest #techabuse/#TFGBV news, learn about #policy developments, #tech #industry updates and cutting-edge #research articles.
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Lana Ramjit talks to Forensic Focus about the Clinic To End Tech Abuse and how patterns of tech abuse are evolving. https://www.forensicfocus.com/interviews/lana-ramjit-director-of-operations-clinic-to-end-tech-abuse/ #techabuse #digitalforensics
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🚨The #Gender & #Tech (#GIoT) Newsletter📰 is OUT!
📨 As you can see from its length, it took some time to set up 😵💫. We hope you enjoy reading it🙌!
➡️ February issue: https://mailchi.mp/f3d8e769f4ca/giot-newsletter-february
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#UK: New offences have been introduced to criminalise #cyberflashing, fake news intended to cause non-trivial harm and other #online abuse.
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It's the end of the month📅.
So it's Gender & Tech [#GIoT] #Newsletter time!➡️Read up on the latest #TechAbuse/ #TFGBV/ #OGBV/ #OVAWG developments https://mailchi.mp/5f7aab488f20/giot-newsletter-january
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That's a wrap: The 70th (!) #Gender & #Tech [#GIoT] #Newsletter 📰is out + in your inboxes now📥!
I hope it will be useful to all #TechAbuse scholars, practitioners, policy officials & industry stakeholders.
And with that: Happy Holidays🎄
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It's the end of the month📅.
So it's Gender & Tech [#GIoT] #Newsletter📰 time!
Read up on the latest #TechAbuse/ #TFGBV/ #OGBV developments
➡️https://mailchi.mp/41fd52ee13c6/giot-newsletter-november
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Si and Desi talk to Eva Galperin, Director of Cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Emma Pickering, Head of Tech and Economic Abuse at Refuge, about stalkerware and tech-enabled abuse. https://www.forensicfocus.com/podcast/protecting-victims-from-stalkerware-and-tech-enabled-abuse/ #DFIR #stalkerware #techabuse
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It is crazy that our monthly #Gender & #Tech (#GIoT) 📥#Newsletter📰 now reaches 948 global subscribers🌎!
Can't wait to see the #TechAbuse community grow even further!
🆕I hope you enjoy the latest issue (Nr #68) -- October 2023: https://mailchi.mp/bdd6e5ce9939/giot-newsletter-october
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PhD Opportunity at @uclcs in our #Gender & #Tech (#GIoT) Research Team:
👉Advancing #Policy on Technology-Facilitated Domestic Abuse (#TechAbuse)
▪️ Funded position
▪️ You will work with Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s Office (@CommissionerDA)➡️More info: https://ucl-epsrc-dtp.github.io/2024-25-project-catalogue/projects/2228cd1288.html
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It's the end of the month📅
It's Gender & Tech (#GIoT) #Newsletter time📨!
Packed with a long list of info on #techabuse/ #TFGBV/ #OGBV / #OVAW/ #IBSA/ #Stalkerware/ #VAWG
➡️Sign up for future issues:
https://ucl.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=5fc63c9cf03878c3ab01efd9c&id=2fd178402e➡️ Read the August version: https://mailchi.mp/a490998ab590/giot-newsletter-august
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🎤I've been interviewed for Privacy International's (@privacyint) podcast🎙️ on our #UCL Computer Science research on #TechAbuse + the Internet of Things (#IoT):
"Tech-Assisted Abuse: How Smart Devices Can Facilitate Abuse."
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A Portuguese-language #spyware called #WebDetetive has been used to compromise more than 76,000 #Android phones in recent years across South America, mainly in Brazil:
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We are a few days late sending out the #July version of our #Gender & Tech (#GIoT) #newsletter.
But that shouldn't bother anyone, BC it is packed with a long list of helpful information on #techabuse/ #TFGBV/ #OGBV.
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➡️Read the latest version: https://mailchi.mp/4e0f99bf9f41/giot-newsletter-july
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We at @uclcs have been banging on about the relevance of the #Computer Misuse Act for #IPV #techabuse for years -- here we have an article explaining to readers that "unauthorised access" is the threshold:
#GIoT #VAWG #TFGBV
➡️ https://www.indy100.com/news/checking-partners-phone-illegal -
"Personal data and personal safety: re-examining the limits of public data in the context of #doxing"
This article examines the criminal offences of different countries, including the #USA, #EU, and #Turkey
#Doxxing #GIoT #TechAbuse #VAWG #online
➡️https://academic.oup.com/idpl/advance-article/doi/10.1093/idpl/ipad011/7216381
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New #RAND Corporation report on #Cyberstalking in the context of the #USA.
#GIoT #TechAbuse #VAWG #Stalking
➡️https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RRA2600/RRA2637-1/RAND_RRA2637-1.pdf