Smart gadgets that allow users to monitor their home remotely or track their fitness could lead to a new era of domestic abuse, according to Scotland Yard.
Internet-connected appliances including TVs, fridges, children’s toys, baby monitors and doorbells hand abusers “significant control” over their victims and boost “cyber-enabled offending”, a Metropolitan police report says.
The document warns that domestic abuse is likely to rise as “houses and businesses become increasingly connected to the internet of things”.
Appliances such as the Amazon Echo, Google Home and Apple’s HomePod can be controlled remotely through voice, smartphones or another internet-connected device.
By next year, an estimated 25bn household devices across the globe will be connected to the internet, rising to 125bn in 2030. Nearly a quarter of Britons
