Sally Bagheri, a doctoral student in computer science at Malmö University, has conducted in-depth interviews with 16 people who have left an abusive relationship, to get a handle on how smart gadgets can become a tool for controlling or violating a partner. “For example, there were people who talked about the perpetrator not being home, but in the middle of the night turning on loud music, just to mark his presence,” she says. Another of the par…
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Sally Bagheri, a doctoral student in computer science at Malmö University, has conducted in-depth interviews with 16 people who have left an abusive relationship, to get a handle on how smart gadgets can become a tool for controlling or violating a partner. “For example, there were people who talked about the perpetrator not being home, but in the middle of the night turning on loud music, just to mark his presence,” she says. Another of the par…