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In more than 30 interviews with The New York Times, domestic abuse victims, their lawyers, shelter workers and emergency responders described how the technology was becoming an alarming new tool. Abusers - using apps on their smartphones, which are connected to the internet-enabled devices - would remotely control everyday objects in the home, sometimes to watch and listen, other times to scare or show power. Even after a partner had left the home, the devices often stayed and continued to be used to intimidate and confuse.
Connected home devices have increasingly cropped up in domestic abuse cases over the past year, according to those working with victims of domestic violence. Those at help lines said more people were calling in the last 12 months about losing control of Wi-Fi-enabled doors, speakers, thermostats, lights and cameras. Lawyers also said they were wrangling with how to add language to restraining orders to cover smart home technology.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Gault.Drakkor on Tuesday June 26 2018, @06:00PM (1 child)
GP point: who is the locksmith for IoT? Cameras, thermostats, etc as mentioned in the summary. I doubt your typical locksmith knows that information at this time.
Sounds like a new job: IoT locksmith, knows many/all default passwords, factory reset options, manuals to be able to re-configure all/most devices in a home.
(Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Tuesday June 26 2018, @07:11PM
You've got to know the door is even there before you can call a locksmith.
Modern tech is kind of like owning a plaza full of sky scrapers. HOW many underground tunnels with doors are there?
And part of the whole point here is IoT shit is turning up in more devices that you would not even think would or should be connected to the internet. These days, how does one even know if a random electronic gadget does without reading the manual in detail? And I'm not even inclined to believe some manuals.