If you are in danger, please:
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Call 911
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Call your local hotline, 1-417-532-2885 / 1-887-275-0930 TOLL FREE
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Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at: 1-800-799-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.
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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 or remote access to.
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It might be safer to use a computer in a public library, at a community technology center or at a trusted friend’s house.
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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 Kansas, don't look at classified ads for jobs and apartments, bus tickets, etc for Kansas 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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