“Why do giant, billionaire, male-centric companies like Pornhub get away with it? It really offends me that Pornhub says they can pay their models via PayPal, when that transaction may endanger a model’s account,” said Mistress Harley.

• Banks Have the Power to Ruin Your Sex Life, VICE, August 8, 2019

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“The ThotAudit is about more than reporting sex workers to the IRS,” Mistress Harley, who works online under the name The Techdomme, told Playboy via email. “It's about getting our platforms shut down, crippling our income, and reporting us to the variety of services that are generally adult-unfriendly. The IRS is just the threat that has gotten the most attention because no one likes an audit. I think the real damage being done is when girls get their payment sources shut down. The incels who are behind the ThotAudit are also advocating to report sex workers to PayPal, Venmo, Circle, Square, and any other payment providers who are not adult services-friendly.”

• What the THOT Aduit of 2018 Taught Us About the Internet Playboy, December 14, 2018

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"We are connected outside of kink, which gives her unique leverage. She's also smarter than me, so I can't talk my way out of anything and her decisions are always better than my own."

• Sexual Health Magazine, September 2018

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As [the] techdomme, her clients beg her to ‘dominate my computer’, and let her take control of their devices by downloading remote-access software that will allow her to browse and download content."

• Metro UK, 4/4/2018 

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"Mistress Harley, who holds a master’s in library science and information technology and worked for many years in the tech industry, takes over her servants’ entire tech-based life in order to scratch whatever kinky itch they have—humiliation, exposition, crossdressing, or financial domination. This includes but is not limited to: accessing their social media, banking, email, and porn history.​"

• VICE, April 27, 2018

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"He says he signed a legally binding agreement that requires him to pay Mistress Harley $15,000 over 10 years, plus interest, with payments due on the fifth of every month. That’s about the extent of their interaction, he says, and if he wants to talk to her on the phone, there’s a charge for that. (“I’ll talk about anything for $5 a minute,” says Mistress Harley, a former librarian and technical project manager with a master’s degree in library science from San Jose State University."

• Washington Post 4/11/18

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"Though Ben is one of Mistress Harley's most extreme clients, he is one of dozens of men who pay her to meddle in his life. Mistress Harley, who markets herself online as "the tech domme," makes her living as a specialized kind of financial dominatrix. The niche profession has increasingly attracted smart, tech-savvy women looking to cash in on men's desires to be dominated - not physically, but where it really hurts: in their wallets."

• Chicago Tribune 4/12/18

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"she has become the most recognizable public face of findom"

• International Business Times, 5/20/17

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"As a techdomme, her clients beg her to ‘dominate my computer’, and let her take control of their devices by downloading remote-access software that will allow her to browse and download content "

• METRO, UK 4/4/18

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"She can make up to $10,000 a day using basic IT tools and lightweight hacking to control men who get a thrill from being extorted, humiliated and, basically, ripped off. Financial domination is nothing new, but Harley has created a niche for herself, using skills she picked up working in software development in Silicon Valley."

• Engadget 1/2/18

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"Mistress Harley is the world’s first and only “techdomme”, and uses her finely tuned tech skills to sell a very modern brand of kink: data domination. With her reputation for highly competent and permanent domination, she's now training other female tech experts to follow her lead."

• Dazed Digital, 1/16/17

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"This enterprising young woman is revolutionizing what it means to work from home."

• New York Post, June 30, 2016

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"After five years of working as a project manager, Mistress Harley decided to leave her career in tech to pursue her new found interest. She noticed there was a gap in the market and used her technical knowledge, gained from her master's degree in library science and information technology, to start her own business."

• The Daily Mail, UK June 30, 2016
   

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"Mistress Harley is a new breed of dominatrix. Instead of physically controlling her clients' bodies, she earns thousands of pounds a day without even meeting them. Welcome to the world of 21st century submission..."

• Reveal "Real Lives". Reveal Magazine, June 14th, 2016. United Kingdom. In PRINT.

• Online Version

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"Harley has access to intimate details about Jerry, his spending habits, and his personal conversations. She even knows a lot about his friends from when they unknowingly divulge gossip in emails or texts. If information is power, then Mistress Harley has all the power."

• "A New Kind of Kink: Data Domination", by Jessica Placzek. Broadly, Jan 2, 2016

 

"The phenomenon tech Domination is still new and the scene...The increasing interconnectedness of the world and the resulting ability to be online to do business ...is expected to grow in power, however, quickly."

• "The Moden Domina Wants to Control Your PC". 20 Minutes, Switzerland. Jan 8, 2016.

 

 

"Financial Domination and Blackmail play... are very misunderstood within our lifestyle. Mistress Harley expains that it is really all about the consent and that is really all that matters"

• People of Kink Podcast, June 20, 2015

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