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Making Social VR platforms safer for teenagers

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Social VR platforms like VRChat and Rec Room have become popular in recent years. Many teenagers utilize these platforms to make friends and play games. Are these platforms safe for them? Read more

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Making Social VR platforms safer for teenagers

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Social VR platforms like VRChat and Rec Room have become popular in recent years. Many teenagers utilize these platforms to make friends and play games. Are these platforms safe for them? Read more

Privacy leaks from auctioned Smartphones

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Our smartphones have a lot of details about our lives, including where we go to, who we communicate to, etc. There are auction websites where users can bid for Smartphones. Do those Smartphones still have the data from their previous owner? Read more

Usability vs Security in the Smart Home

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Do you own a smart home device like a voice assistant, smart doorbell or thermostat? Do you share these devices or do other people have physical access to them? Have you been concerned about your data being accessed by others? Read more

Thoughts on iOS Safety Check

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Apple announced a new feature for iPhones called Safety Check. This feature will be useful for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) as it can allow them to stop sharing their location with anyone, including an abusive partner. This video shows how to find and use Safety Check on an iPhone. It is important to keep in mind that Safety Check will be available worldwide with the launch of iOS 16 around September 2022. Read more

dual-use apps

What are “dual-use” apps?

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Abusers in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV) misuse various technologies to surveil and harass their victims. Some of these technologies include mobile apps and Smart Home devices. Recently, anti-virus apps have improved their detection of stalkerware, a term that refers to spyware apps used in IPV. Nevertheless, there are other types of apps of concern for IPV survivors: dual-use apps (i.e., apps that have a legitimate purpose like Google Maps that have features such as location sharing that could be abused by someone to monitor others). Read more

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Making Social VR platforms safer for teenagers

less than 1 minute read

Published:

Social VR platforms like VRChat and Rec Room have become popular in recent years. Many teenagers utilize these platforms to make friends and play games. Are these platforms safe for them? Read more

Privacy leaks from auctioned Smartphones

less than 1 minute read

Published:

Our smartphones have a lot of details about our lives, including where we go to, who we communicate to, etc. There are auction websites where users can bid for Smartphones. Do those Smartphones still have the data from their previous owner? Read more

Usability vs Security in the Smart Home

1 minute read

Published:

Do you own a smart home device like a voice assistant, smart doorbell or thermostat? Do you share these devices or do other people have physical access to them? Have you been concerned about your data being accessed by others? Read more

What are “dual-use” apps?

1 minute read

Published:

Abusers in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV) misuse various technologies to surveil and harass their victims. Some of these technologies include mobile apps and Smart Home devices. Recently, anti-virus apps have improved their detection of stalkerware, a term that refers to spyware apps used in IPV. Nevertheless, there are other types of apps of concern for IPV survivors: dual-use apps (i.e., apps that have a legitimate purpose like Google Maps that have features such as location sharing that could be abused by someone to monitor others). Read more

Thoughts on iOS Safety Check

less than 1 minute read

Published:

Apple announced a new feature for iPhones called Safety Check. This feature will be useful for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) as it can allow them to stop sharing their location with anyone, including an abusive partner. This video shows how to find and use Safety Check on an iPhone. It is important to keep in mind that Safety Check will be available worldwide with the launch of iOS 16 around September 2022. Read more

intimate partner violence

What are “dual-use” apps?

1 minute read

Published:

Abusers in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV) misuse various technologies to surveil and harass their victims. Some of these technologies include mobile apps and Smart Home devices. Recently, anti-virus apps have improved their detection of stalkerware, a term that refers to spyware apps used in IPV. Nevertheless, there are other types of apps of concern for IPV survivors: dual-use apps (i.e., apps that have a legitimate purpose like Google Maps that have features such as location sharing that could be abused by someone to monitor others). Read more

Thoughts on iOS Safety Check

less than 1 minute read

Published:

Apple announced a new feature for iPhones called Safety Check. This feature will be useful for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) as it can allow them to stop sharing their location with anyone, including an abusive partner. This video shows how to find and use Safety Check on an iPhone. It is important to keep in mind that Safety Check will be available worldwide with the launch of iOS 16 around September 2022. Read more

privacy

Privacy leaks from auctioned Smartphones

less than 1 minute read

Published:

Our smartphones have a lot of details about our lives, including where we go to, who we communicate to, etc. There are auction websites where users can bid for Smartphones. Do those Smartphones still have the data from their previous owner? Read more

smart home

Usability vs Security in the Smart Home

1 minute read

Published:

Do you own a smart home device like a voice assistant, smart doorbell or thermostat? Do you share these devices or do other people have physical access to them? Have you been concerned about your data being accessed by others? Read more

teenagers

Making Social VR platforms safer for teenagers

less than 1 minute read

Published:

Social VR platforms like VRChat and Rec Room have become popular in recent years. Many teenagers utilize these platforms to make friends and play games. Are these platforms safe for them? Read more