Episode Details

Most technology-facilitated abuse does not rely on secret spyware, but on shared cloud accounts, Find My, car apps, and Bluetooth trackers set up while a relationship was fine. Because changing a password or removing a tracker triggers loss-of-access detection, standard cybersecurity advice can escalate danger. Drawing on guidance from Faraday, WomensLaw, TechSafety, and Tech Safety Canada, this episode explores how quiet surveillance works, why survivors sometimes leave trackers running while building a safety plan, and what charity quick-exit buttons actually do. Key sources: • TechSafety (Australia), Passwords, and Password Safety V2.3 PDF, https://techsafety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/HDT_TSA_Password_Safety_V2.3_2025.pdf — https://techsafety.org.au/resources/resources-women/passwords/ • FCC, FCC Adopts Rules Implementing the Safe Connections Act for Survivors of Domestic Abuse — https://www.fcc.gov/consumer-governmental-affairs/fcc-adopts-rules-implementing-safe-connections-act-survivors-domestic-abuse • Federal Register, Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence; Lifeline and Link Up Reform Modernization — https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/05/2023-25835/supporting-survivors-of-domestic-and-sexual-violence-lifeline-and-link-up-reform-modernization Episode 6573 — myweirdprompts.com/n/6573 (permanent short link: myweirdprompts.com/495665) Listen on Android: MWP FM Player — myweirdprompts.com/apk