Smart home technologies (SHT) are becoming more and more widespread. The commodification of the household and the surveillance of family life by companies have understandably sparked numerous questions. It should not be forgotten, however, that SHT also bring family members convenient tools to surveil each other. Parental and partner surveillance, further referred to as intimate surveillance, have rarely been studied with regard to the smart home. This article empirically explores intimate surveillance behaviours, intentions and motivations by drawing on an online survey study ( n = 715) with parents and partners. Overall, the results show that intimate surveillance takes place with SHT, that parental surveillance intentions are higher than partner surveillance intentions and that care is considered a relevant motivation for intimate surveillance. Furthermore, this study invites to be mindful of the specificities of surveillance practices, and encourages researchers to be explicit about their assumptions on the underlying motivations for intimate surveillance.

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更智能的家居、更智能的监控？探索现代家庭的亲密监视实践


智能家居技术（SHT）正变得越来越普遍。家庭的商品化和公司对家庭生活的监控引发了许多问题，这是可以理解的。然而，不应忘记的是，SHT 还为家庭成员提供了方便的相互监视工具。父母和伴侣监视，进一步称为亲密监视，很少有关于智能家居的研究。本文利用与父母和伴侣进行的在线调查研究（n = 715），实证探讨了亲密监视行为、意图和动机。总体而言，结果表明，亲密监视是在 SHT 的情况下进行的，父母的监视意图高于伴侣的监视意图，并且护理被认为是亲密监视的相关动机。此外，这项研究要求人们注意监视实践的特殊性，并鼓励研究人员明确他们对亲密监视潜在动机的假设。