Protecting Personal Affects

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  How to Protect Your Identity Online

  6 ways to evade an abuser's attempts to steal your personal information | This story was originally published in 2014. It was updated in 2022. Abusers are cunning... read more

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  Teen Dating Safety for the Digital World

  Teenagers and young adults increasingly live much of their lives in the digital world | Editor's Note: This article was created by Aura in partnership with DomesticShe... read more

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  Shop Safely, Securely and Scam-Free Online

  A current or past abusive partner might be watching what you do online, and that includes shopping | Editor's Note: This article was created by Aura in partnership wit... read more

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  Smart Home Technology Is Being Used Against Survivors

  Abusers unlock doors, change temperatures, listen in on cameras, as a new way to torture | As if there aren’t enough psychological ways to torment survivors of domesti... read more

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  Apps Help Survivors' Messages Stay Secret

  The potential and pitfalls of new messaging technology | Texting is a great way to communicate, especially since it can be more private than a phone call and quicke... read more

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  Free Tax Prep for Survivors

  Resources available to help survivors get money matters in order by April | After leaving a partner, abusive or not, you may find yourself facing financial hurdles ... read more

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  High-Tech Stalking Tactics

  How abusers are faking phone calls and tracking victims through their online photos | Technology has given us many gifts: Phones that are also cameras. Cars that re... read more

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  Abusers Go Online

  Just as technology expands, so do the ways abusers harass their victims | Cyber-abuse once was narrowly thought of as cyberbullying and online name-calling, and was... read more

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  When Abusers Threaten Revenge Porn

  When abusers share sexually explicit images without your permission | Nothing ever really disappears from the Internet, and that’s exactly the threat some abusers a... read more

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  Safer Searching Online

  Two search engines help you search the web more covertly | Survivors of domestic violence live in constant scrutiny. Their abusers typically watch and know of their... read more

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  Smartphone Apps that Help You Document Abuse

  Retain notes, text, audio, video, images | It’s unfortunate but true: Domestic violence happens over and over and often, and it can take numerous incidents before j... read more

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  How to Hide Your Address

  Shielding your home address from your abuser is possible with a program available in 39 states | In the Information Age, almost anyone can be a private investigator, ... read more

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  Packing Your Bags

  Contemplating leaving an abusive partner? Here is how to start preparing | If you are not in immediate danger and are considering leaving an abusive partner, there ar... read more

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  Apps Designed to Keep You Safe

  Some of these new downloads could come in handy during an emergency | Our smart phones can do amazing things for us—set our crock-pots, lull us to sleep, spy on our... read more

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  More Domestic Violence Apps to Check Out

  The pros and cons of three more apps survivors can utilize | There’s no substitute for a professional advocate, an order of protection and an escape plan (when it’s... read more