How Tech is Failing Victims of Intimate Partner Violence

What technology risks are faced by people who experience intimate partner violence? How is the security community failing them, and what questions might we need to ask to make progress on social and technical interventions?

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a huge problem, says Thomas Ristenpart, an associate professor at Cornell Tech and a member of the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University. 25% of women and 11% of men will experience rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner, according to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey. To put this question in context for tech companies, this means that 360 million Facebook users and 252 million Android users will experience this kind of violence.

Source: How Tech is Failing Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Thomas Ristenpart at CITP