Remotely operated camera traps, sound recorders and drones are increasingly being used in conservation science to monitor wildlife and natural habitats, and to keep watch on protected natural areas. But Cambridge researchers studying a forest in northern India have found that the technologies are being deliberately misused by local governments and male villagers to keep watch on women without their consent.

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The most alarming case mentioned was the disclosure, on social media, by some forest agents, of a photograph of an autistic woman while she was doing her homework in the woods. Indian women are being harassed and intimidated by men who use cameras and drones supposedly designed to monitor wildlife, researchers warned on Monday. Trishant Simlai, from the University of Cambridge, interviewed 270 women who live near the Corbett tiger reserve in Nor…

O caso mais alarmante citado foi a divulgação, nas redes sociais, por alguns agentes florestais, de uma fotografia de uma mulher autista enquanto ela fazia suas necessidades no bosque.   Mulheres indianas estão sofrendo assédio e intimidação por homens que utilizam câmeras e drones supostamente destinados a monitorar a vida selvagem, alertaram pesquisadores nesta segunda-feira. Trishant Simlai, da Universidade de Cambridge, entrevistou 270 mulhe…

Mulheres indianas sofrem assédio por homens que utilizam câmeras e drones  destinados a monitorar animais

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Indian women are harassed by men who use cameras and drones designed to monitor animals

PARIS, Nov 25 — Camera traps, drones and other technology for monitoring wildlife like tigers and elephants are being used to intimidate, harass and even spy on women in India, researchers said today. In one particularly egregious example, a photo of an autistic women relieving herself in the forest was shared by local men on social media, prompting villagers to destroy nearby camera traps. Trishant Simlai, a researcher at the UK’s Cambridge Uni…

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From conservation to exploitation: Wildlife cameras misused to harass and spy on women in India

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Wildlife monitoring technologies used to intimidate and spy on women, study finds

Camera traps and drones deployed by government authorities to monitor a forest in India are infringing on the privacy and rights of local women.

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Cambridge researchers reveal that technologies for nature conservation are used to exercise women’s social control and share intimate photos captured by drones and Hemeroteca cameras - The illustrative case of the wife and “first author” who has not received the Nobel Prize In 2017, one of the trap cameras installed by the Tigre Project in northern India captured the image of a semi-naked woman urinating in the forest. Young people who were part…

Investigadores de Cambridge revelan que las tecnologías para la conservación de la naturaleza se usan para ejercer el control social de las mujeres y compartir fotos íntimas captadas por drones y cámaras 
Hemeroteca - El ilustrativo caso de la esposa y “primera autora” que no ha recibido el premio Nobel
En el año 2017, una de las cámaras trampa instaladas por el Proyecto Tigre en el norte de la India captó la imagen de una mujer semidesnuda orin…

Los hombres están usando las cámaras trampa del ‘Proyecto Tigre’ en la India para espiar y acosar a las mujeres

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Men are using the trap cameras of the ‘Tigre Project’ in India to spy and harass women

Perpetrators of domestic violence frequently use digital tools to harass, monitor or humiliate their (ex-) partner. Immersed in the twists and turns of this 2.0 trap, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, everything starts with video calls. It's routine: like many couples, Louise* and Axel* contact each other by video when they give each other news or agree on who is stopping by to do the shoppin…

Les auteurs de violences conjugales se saisissent fréquemment des outils numériques pour harceler, surveiller ou humilier leur (ex-) partenaire. Plongée dans les méandres de cet étau 2.0, à l’occasion de la Journée internationale pour l’élimination de la violence à l’égard des femmesTout commence par des appels vidéo. C’est la routine: comme de nombreux couples, Louise* et Axel* se contactent en visio quand ils se donnent des nouvelles ou s’ente…

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A village bordering the Corbett tiger reserve in northern India. Credit: University of Cambridge Camera traps, drones, and audio recorders have exploded in use for conservation over the last decade. But it’s been discovered these surveillance tools have darker uses. In a forest in northern India, they’re being used to spy on and control local women – sometimes with deadly consequences. “Nobody could have realised that camera traps put in the Ind…

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Conservation technologies are used to harass local women

Researchers from Cambridge University found that technologies are misused in nature reserves to monitor wild animals. Authorities and villagers use them to intimidate and spy on women. The article Misuse of Technology: Spying on and Harassing Women with Wildlife Cameras first appeared on ingenieur.de - job board and news portal for engineers.

Forschende der Universität Cambridge fanden heraus, dass in Naturschutzgebieten Technologien zur Überwachung von Wildtieren missbraucht werden. Behörden und Dorfbewohner nutzen sie, um Frauen einzuschüchtern und zu bespitzeln. Der Beitrag Missbrauch von Technik: Mit Wildtierkameras Frauen ausspioniert und belästigt erschien zuerst auf ingenieur.de - Jobbörse und Nachrichtenportal für Ingenieure.

Wildlife Monitoring Tech Misused to Harass Women in Indian Forests

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