When the threat actor lives under your roof: Fighting Technological Violence in Domestic Abuse Cases
CatherineDG
NorthSec 2025 · Day 2 · Ville-Marie
Catherine Duborg-Agnon, co-founder of the association Cybercitoyen, presents a sobering intersection of cybersecurity and intimate partner violence (IPV). Drawing on real case work, she documents how domestic abusers weaponize smart-home devices, commercial spyware, AirTags, and dual-use consumer technology to surveil victims even after physical separation — and calls on the security community to recognise this threat model and get involved. ---
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Cybercitoyen co-founder presents real case work on technology-facilitated domestic abuse: smart-home control as harassment infrastructure, embedded Alexa hidden in walls, spyfluencer content ecosystems, dual-use stalkerware, and the specific ways standard security advice fails IPV victims.