#TechAndRelationships

A recent personal story published by Slate has reignited concerns about the increasing prevalence of digital surveillance within intimate relationships, raising red flags for families, mental health experts, and law enforcement in Thailand and globally. The piece describes a chilling incident in which a woman discovered her ex-partner had secretly placed a tracker in her bag, validating her family’s initial suspicions about controlling, unsafe behavior—a scenario that researchers caution is part of a much broader and worrisome trend.