Smart Home Devices Used for Harassment?

The American Bar Journal reports that some people are harassing their spouses by remote manipulation of smart home devices, like thermostats, TVs and the like – turning the heat way up, or off, turning TVs or radios on and off, etc. Is this a problem in Canada? Is there a reason that the spouse left in the home can’t just turn off the devices, or the central control device like Alexa? Would restraining orders need to deal with this kind of ‘contact’ or abuse expressly?

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