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from the my-thermostat-is-holding-me-hostage dept.
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: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 26 2018, @08:22PM
"divorce, and/or restraining orders"
But can she get civil restitution by litigating after the fact? Part of the OP was the use of remote technology to pychologically harass. When you see gaslighting techniques used in advertising, and see auditory masking used across mass media for subliminal messaging, clearly psychological health is nationally commoditized.
IOW, technology is being used to harass on a national scale, and is causing clinically measurable trauma nationwide. The frequency of youth suicides is a good measure of that. Of course admitting it has certain capital risks assosciated with admitting the truth. The judicial branch has historically just raised its hand and said "Bah! No standing!", in any related case.
Modern media is "prima nochte" to the subconscious mind. The state has been backing that particular position for decades on now.