Exploring the Privacy and Security Challenges Faced by Migrant Domestic Workers in Chinese Smart Homes

要旨

The growing use of smart home devices poses considerable privacy and security challenges, especially for individuals like migrant domestic workers (MDWs) who may be surveilled by their employers. This paper explores the privacy and security challenges experienced by MDWs in multi-user smart homes through in-depth semi-structured interviews with 26 MDWs and 5 staff members of agencies that recruit and/or train domestic workers in China. Our findings reveal power imbalances in the relationships between MDWs and their employers and agencies, influenced by Chinese cultural and social factors (such as Confucianism and collectivism) as well as legal ones. Furthermore, the widespread and normalized use of surveillance technologies in China, particularly in public spaces, exacerbates these power imbalances, reinforcing a sense of constant monitoring and control. Drawing on our findings, we provide recommendations for domestic worker agencies and policymakers to address the privacy and security challenges faced by MDWs in Chinese smart homes.

著者
Shijing He
King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Xiao Zhan
King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Yaxiong Lei
University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom
Yueyan Liu
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Ruba Abu-Salma
King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Jose Such
King's College London, London, United Kingdom
DOI

10.1145/3706598.3713616

論文URL

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713616

動画

会議: CHI 2025

The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (https://chi2025.acm.org/)

セッション: Security in HCI

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