Sorry, I Didn’t Catch That.” The Implications of Smart, Internet-Connected Technologies for

Victims and Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse

Dr Leonie Tanczer / @leotanczt

Gender and IoT (#GIoT)

Gender Abuse Change

Role & Impact

Risk Trajectories

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Workshops

Interviews

Tech Analysis

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Trainings

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Tanczer

Simon

Parkin

George

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Lopez

Julia

Slupska

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Internet of Things

“Smart”

Devices

and

Systems

By 2020,

some 25 billion

devices will be

connected to

the Internet with

studies estimating

that this

number will rise to

125 billion in 2030.IHS Markit. (2017). The Internet of Things: A movement, not a market. Englewood, United States: IHS Markit.

Nordrum, A. (2016). Popular Internet of Things Forecast of 50 Billion Devices by 2020 Is Outdated. IEEE Spectrum

Risks Uncertainties Opportunities

Vulnerable Groups

Tech abuse research• Online harassment (Winkelman, 2015;

Aghazadeh et al., 2018)

• Cyber stalking (Pereira and Matos, 2016)

• Spyware (Chatterjee et al., 2018)

• Image-based abuse / revenge porn / creepshots (McGlynn, Rackley, Houghton, 2017; Powell et al., 2018)

• Clinical Computer Security Interventions (Freed at al., 2019)

Privacy

Data Protection

Not “Just” a Security Issue

Tech Abuse

A Feminist as much as a

Data Protection Issue

Tech Abuse

5 Arguments

1) Hmm I Don't Know That

1) Hmm I Don't Know That

The need to look at smart

technologies, IPV, as much as

data protection in a new light;

2) Our Device, My Data

2) Our Device, My Data

The difficulty of enforcing

data protection and

security measures in smart

systems;

3) Data Protection for

Victims/Survivors

3) Data Protection for

Victims/Survivors

The failure of data protection,

domestic abuse, and

cybersecurity legislation to

protect victims/survivors;

4) Technology Will Solve It All!

4) Technology Will Solve It All!

The problematic understanding

that it will require technological

solutions to inherent societal

problems;

5) Sorry, I Didn’t Catch That

5) Sorry, I Didn’t Catch That

The silence of technology

vendors and data protection

authorities to address the

nascent tech abuse space;

Responsibility

Industry Politics Society

Thank you.

Dr Leonie Maria Tanczer (@leotanczt)