Of course they had to mention the online safety bill. Fuck off with that one, it’s not ‘to protect the children.’ it’s for control and spying on everyone.
Smart gadgets can be exploited yes, but where do they stop? No privacy. Certain tech banned? Complete open policy where we have to let the gov see everything like our private messages, bank statements, listen to our calls, implant a chip in us so we can be tracked on the off chance we refuse to use technology they can track?
This government is going crazy with the antiprivacy bullshit and it feels like this is going to be another ‘we need access so we can be sure people aren’t being abused’ lie, so they have more ways to spy on everyone.deleted by creator
Smart gadgets can be exploited yes, but where do they stop? No privacy. Certain tech banned?
I’d guess that smartphones are the bit of high tech most commonly used by abusers but they can’t come after them, yet…
First they came for the baby monitors…
I used a one that was a camera and a screen you plugged in near your bed. No app. No outside access. I didn’t trust the app ones.
But it’s still not up to anyone what people purchase.
It just sucks that assholes use something simple like baby monitors to be assholes.They’ll come for the phones, eventually. When they’re emboldened by people falling for their ‘for the children’ rhetoric.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Fitness trackers, home security systems and baby monitors are among the devices that MPs warn are enabling the growing issue of tech-enabled domestic abuse.
“While the rising popularity of connected technology has brought undoubted benefits to everyday life, the flip side is the real risk some of these gadgets pose to privacy and personal safety online,” said Dame Caroline Dinenage, who chairs the committee.
The committee has been investigating the issue since May 2022, considering the potential benefit and harms of connected technology, other examples of which include smart speakers and virtual assistants.
During its investigation, the committee says it heard evidence that the “vast majority” of domestic abuse cases now feature some sort of cyber element, including the use of spyware, and perpetrators monitoring movements and collecting recordings and photos of victims and survivors.
“The Government and Information Commissioner’s Office should make sure products used in schools and by young people at home have privacy settings that are intuitive for children, and age-appropriate terms and conditions,” Dame Caroline said.
They pointed to the cross-party Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan published in March 2022, and more than £230m of funding provided to prevent offending, support victims and pursue perpetrators.
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