Spluska, J;
Tanczer, L;
(2021)
Threat Modeling Intimate Partner Violence: Tech Abuse as a Cybersecurity Challenge in the Internet of Things.
In: Bailey, J and Flynn, A and Henry, N, (eds.)
The Emerald International Handbook of Technology Facilitated Violence and Abuse.
(pp. 663-688).
Emerald Publishing Limited
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Abstract
Technology-Facilitated abuse, so-called “tech abuse,” through phones, trackers, and other emerging innovations, has a substantial impact on the nature of intimate partner violence (IPV). The current chapter examines the risks and harms posed to IPV victims/survivors from the burgeoning Internet of Things (IoT) environment. IoT systems are understood as “smart” devices such as conventional household appliances that are connected to the internet. Interdependencies between different products together with the devices' enhanced functionalities offer opportunities for coercion and control. Across the chapter, we use the example of IoT to showcase how and why tech abuse is a socio-technological issue and requires not only human-centered (i.e., societal) but also cybersecurity (i.e., technical) responses. We apply the method of “threat modeling,” which is a process used to investigate potential cybersecurity attacks, to shift the conventional technical focus from the risks to systems toward risks to people. Through the analysis of a smart lock, we highlight insufficiently designed IoT privacy and security features and uncover how seemingly neutral design decisions can constrain, shape, and facilitate coercive and controlling behaviors.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Threat Modeling Intimate Partner Violence: Tech Abuse as a Cybersecurity Challenge in the Internet of Things |
| ISBN: | 1839828498 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781839828492 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1108/978-1-83982-848-520211049 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-848-520211049 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2021 Julia Slupska and Leonie Maria Tanczer. Published by Emerald Publishing Limited. This chapter is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > STEaPP |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10129049 |
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