The Women’s Technology Safety & Privacy Toolkit, created by the Safety Net Australia Project at WESNET, is for women experiencing tech abuse to learn how they can increase their technology safety and privacy. This toolkit includes resource guides ranging from online privacy and safety tips to smartphone privacy and location safety information, and much more.

General Technology Safety

• Documentation Tips for Survivors of Technology Abuse and Stalking
• Video: how to take a screenshot on a computer and smartphone
• Dealing with harassing calls, texts, and messages [*NEW*]
• Technology Safety Plan
• 10 Easy Steps to Maximise Privacy
• Power and Control Wheel: On Technology and Abuse

Online Safety & Privacy

Browsers and Wi-Fi

• Internet Browser Privacy Tips
• Public Wi-Fi Security Tips
• WiFi Safety & Privacy: Tips for Victim Service Agencies and Survivors (link to our sister site, NNEDV)

General Online Privacy and Security

• Online misogyny and abuse [NEW]
• Being Web Wise
• Increasing Privacy and Security when Using Google
• Online Privacy and Safety Tips
• Password Safety
• Tips for Secure Email

Nonconsensual Sharing of Intimate Images

• Image-Based Abuse

Social Media

• Facebook Privacy & Safety: A Guide for Survivors of Abuse
• Privacy Considerations when Posting Content Online
• Safety & Privacy on Twitter: A guide for survivors of harassment and abuse
• Uber Safety Guide in collaboration with WESNET

Smartphones

Device Privacy and Security Guides

• Android privacy and security guide
• iPhone privacy and security guide

Smartphone Tips

• 12 Safety tips for Smartphones
• Mobile spyware [*REVISED & UPDATED*]
• Smartphones and location safety strategies

Apps (for smartphones and tablets)

Visit the App Safety Centre for more on mobile apps developed for survivors experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault. This toolkit contains information for survivors, practitioners, and app developers.

• App Safety Centre

Devices and Hardware

• Computer Spyware and Stalkerware: computer surveillance and survivor safety [*NEW*]
• Computer and Laptop Security Tips
• Securing Your Home Wi-Fi Network/Router
• Smart Devices and Internet of Things
• Video: Device Security (by 1800RESPECT)

Videos

At WESNET we are passionate about tech safety education and empowering women to take back control of their tech. We’ve created this short series of videos to answer some of the most common questions we receive on tech safety from the women we work with.