We are joined by Dr Harris who is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia to talk about working with the eSafety Commissioner in Australia, considerations for the safety regarding technology-facilitated abuse of women with intellectual disability or cognitive disabilities and how Safety by Design can make a difference in improving products and services such as Apple’s Airtags. Dr James joins us again to answer one of my silly questions about digital forensics. I asked why there are often backlogs for processing digital evidence.
About our Guests:
Dr. Bridget Harris
https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/bridget.harris
Dr. Joshua James
Papers or resources mentioned in this article:
Harris, B. (2021). Technology-enabled abuse: how'safety by design' can reduce stalking and domestic violence. The Conversation.
Harris, B., & Woodlock, D. (2021). ‘For my safety’: experiences of technology-facilitated abuse among women with intellectual disability or cognitive disability.
https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2021-09/apo-nid314044.pdf
The Australian eSafety Commissioner
https://www.esafety.gov.au/industry/safety-by-design
The eSafety Commissioner
Safety by Design (SbD)
https://www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/who-we-are/our-legislative-functions
Other:
I said the allegory of motor vehicles was revealing. An allegory generally considered to be a story poem or picture with a symbolic meaning such as a moral point of view. Although it didn’t make the final edit there is something to be learned from the story of automobile safety is that safety requires regulation, standards and education and it can be effective.