Email
Is Not Safe.
Email is not a safe or confidential way to talk to someone about the
danger or abuse in your life, please call us instead at 1-800-990-3877.
Traditional “corded” phones are more private than cell phones
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Internet
& Computer Safety Tips
There are hundreds of ways that computers record everything you do on the
computer and on the Internet.
If you are
in danger, please try to use a safer computer that someone abusive does
not have direct access, even remote (hacking) access to.
It might
be safer to use a computer in a public library, at a community technology
center (CTC) www.ctcnet.org
(national directory), at a trusted friend’s house, or an Internet
Cafe.
If you think
your activities are being monitored, they probably are. Abusive people
are often controlling and want to know your every move. You don’t
need to be a computer programmer or have special skills to monitor someone’s
computer activities—anyone can do it and there are many ways to monitor.
Computers
can provide a lot of information about what you look at on the Internet,
the emails you send, and other activities. It is not possible to delete
or clear all computer “footprints”.
If you think
you may be monitored on your home computer, you might consider no home
Internet use or “safer” Internet surfing. Example: If you are
planning to flee to California, don’t look at classified ads for
jobs and apartments, bus tickets, etc. for California on a home computer
or any computer an abuser has physical or remote access to. Use a safer
computer to research an escape plan.
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If
You Are in Danger:
- Call
911
- Call
your local hotline, or
- Call
the National Domestic Violence Hotline at:
1-800-799-SAFE
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