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Internet & Computer Safety |
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If you are in
danger, please
 Call
911,
Call
your local hotline, 1-800-472-2911, or
Call
the National Domestic Violence Hotline at: 1-800-799-SAFE.
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Email is not a
safe or confidential way to talk to someone about the
danger or abuse in your life,
please call us instead. |
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There are
hundreds of ways that computers record everything you do
on the computer and on the Internet. |
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If you are in
danger, please try to use a safer computer that someone
abusive does not have direct access, or even remote
(hacking) access to. |
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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
Café. |
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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. |
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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”. |
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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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Traditional “corded” phones are more private than cell
phones or cordless phones. |
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