Women’s Safety and Privacy Toolkit
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.
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General Technology Safety
- Is Tech Abuse Happening to You?
- Technology Safety Plan
- Documentation Tips for Survivors of Technology Abuse and Stalking
- Assessing for Technology Abuse and Privacy
- Video: How to Take a Screenshot on a Computer and Smartphone
- Dealing with Harassing Calls, Texts, and Messages
- 10 Easy Steps to Maximise Privacy
- Stalking and Technology-Facilitated Abuse Log
- Safety Considerations for Co-Parenting and Visitation Apps [*NEW*]
Online Safety & Privacy
Browsers and Wi-Fi
- Internet Browser Privacy Tips [*REVISED AND UPDATED*]
- Public Wi-Fi Security Tips
- WiFi Safety & Privacy: Tips for Frontline Services and Survivors [*NEW*]
General Online Privacy and Security
- Online Misogyny and Abuse
- Being Web Wise
- Increasing Privacy and Security when Using Google
- Online Privacy and Safety Tips
- Password Safety [*UPDATED*]
- Tips for Secure Email
- Survivor’s Guide to the Cloud [*NEW*]
Nonconsensual Sharing of Intimate Images
Gaming
Social Media & Online Dating
- A Guide to Staying Safe On Meta (by Facebook and Wesnet) [*NEW*] (Please reach out to Wesnet if you would like a printed copy of this guide)
- Online Dating Safety Guide (by Tinder and Wesnet) [*NEW*]
- Dating Dictionary Consent Edition [*NEW*]
- Safe and Strong: An LGBTQ+ Guide to Facebook and Instagram (by ACON and Facebook)
- Privacy Considerations when Posting Content Online
- Tinder Romance Scam Awareness Guide [*NEW*]
Guides by Social Media Platforms and other Technology Companies that may be useful
Technology and Sexual Assault
- Technology and Sexual Assault [*NEW*]
Smartphones
Device Privacy and Security Guides
Smartphone Tips
Devices and Hardware
- Checking Devices for Rooting and Jailbreaking [*NEW*]
- Computer and Laptop Security Tips
- Securing Your Home Wi-Fi Network/Router
- Survivors’ Guide to Smart Home Tech: Internet of Things [*REVISED AND UPDATED*]
- Smart Toys & Location Tracking: Privacy & Safety Concerns with Children & Pets
- Connected Cars & Driverless Vehicles Safety & Privacy Concerns
- Connected Health & Medical Devices: Survivor Privacy, Risks & Strategies
- Video: Device Security (by 1800RESPECT)
- A Survivor’s Guide to Cameras: Misuse and Strategic Use [*REVISED & UPDATED*]
Digital Financial Security (with CommBank Next Chapter)
In partnership with CommBank we developed resources on technology-facilitated financial abuse. This type of abuse occurs when technology is used as a tool by the abuser to gain and maintain power and control over another person’s finances. Our resources explore how to identify technology-facilitated financial or economic abuse and the steps individuals can take to increase their digital financial security.
- Digital Financial Security
- How to Secure your Digital Finances
- Beyond Basics: Increasing the Security of your Digital Finances
- Digital Financial Security and Relationships
These resources and many more about financial abuse can be found on the CommBank Financial Abuse Resource Centre.
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.
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.
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