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

Reports of tech-related domestic abuse are on the rise

Nic Murray
OneZero
Published in
5 min readJun 25, 2020

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“Oh, you don’t love me anymore,” said Ross Cairns when he showed up on the doorstep of his ex-wife, Catherine, one year after they had separated. He knew this, and all the details of the conversation she had with her mother only minutes…

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