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make3today at 5:40 AM4 repliesview on HN

I'm sure 99% don't? Unless your abuser is a CS major


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shaknatoday at 6:58 AM

Have fun exploring the list of things we've caught abusers actually using. [0] Or don't. Reading and keeping your soul intact aren't compatible.

I am 100% sure that some do, thanks to firsthand life. And any doing it, is enough to get people dead, even if 99% don't. And yes, CS majors can be abusers, too.

[0] https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-topics/domestic-family-violen...

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thomascountztoday at 5:55 AM

There are tools which exist to make things such as this accessible to non-CS major perpetrators.

AndrewThrowawaytoday at 6:12 AM

I wonder if Hans Reiser would have checked...

latexrtoday at 10:03 AM

They do that and much worse.

https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/09/15/34...

It’s so prevalent it even has a name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalkerware

Don’t underestimate an abuser’s ability to find a way.