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Lockdown Is Giving Domestic Abusers New Opportunities to Hack Into Smart Devices

Nic Murray
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5 min readJun 25, 2020

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OneZero
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Published in OneZero

OneZero is a former publication from Medium about the impact of technology on people and the future. Currently inactive and not taking submissions.

Nic Murray
Nic Murray

Written by Nic Murray

Researcher & freelance journalist based in London. Words in OneZero, Mel Magazine, Jacobin, New Inquiry, The Independent

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The Medium article says this: “This term encompasses a wide range of actions an abuser can take, including tracking a person’s location, installing spyware on their devices, and using home automation systems to monitor and control women and…