WOMEN AND SAFETY
ON THE INTERNET
Resources
(updated December 2005)
As of Dec 2005:
Privacy 101 - Intranet acticle but some of it applies to Internet too!
Privacy and Anonymity in Email (2003) -
Don't Ask Don't Tell (2004) -
While a strict delineation between business and
personal life may be beneficial in theory, human brains don't contain
sandboxes or personal firewalls.
Staying Nameless on the Net (2003) - From identity theft to cyber-stalking to new rules for Internet Service
Providers (ISPs) about disclosing the names of their users, staying
anonymous in cyberspace is becoming a tricky business.
False Sense of Security - (2005) -Time and again, we hear the same excuse. "I don't keep any sensitive
information on my PC—who would want to attack me?" But that seemingly
unattractive PC may be inviting some serious trouble. Hackers love
machines that are easy to compromise—they become servants for launching
bigger attacks. Of course, once your machine is "owned," getting access
to your e-mail and online shopping accounts is a cinch.
80 Security Tips
(PC Mag 2005) - These tips can show you what to do, help you better
understand the threats and be ready with a plan of counter attack.
Security Watch (PC Mag) - PC Magazine online's Security Watch Section.
CDT's Guide to Online Safety - (Online Book) - Centre for Democracy and Technology online guide to online safety.
SC Magazine - Security related articles.
Public Interest Advocay and Internet Standatds
(pdf) (2002) -Seemingly narrow technical choices can have a broad and
lasting impact on public policy and individual rights – more so even
than traditional policy processes.
Is Consumer Privacy Still Possible in the Twenty First Century (2005) - While dangers to privacy capture our attention, they sometimes
lead us to understate the unprecedented gains in privacy
protection that have also been achieved over the last half of the
twentieth century.
Considering Consumer Privacy - online resource for policy makers.
** Information of Development Org - works to promote better understanding, and effective use, of
information and communication technologies (ICT) as tools of poverty
reduction and broad-based, sustainable development.
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Pre 2000 (some still valid)
Cert - FAQs
- Frequently asked questions about maliciouss web scripts redirected from
web sites.
Cert - Windows
95/98 Security - A document created to make users more aware of computer
security.
Safe Women
Project - The Plan It Safe kit provides a comprehensive
overview of a range of options and strategies to promote safer public places
for women in your local area. A site from Australia sponsored by the Au.
Attorney General's Office.
A
Safer Future for BC Women - How to get involved in preventing violence
against women in your community.
Internet
Personal Safety - digitarts
Why Bring
Gender Online - CMC magazine online - Article by Lisa Schmesier who
works for the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington,
D.C.
Hamilton University:
BayInsider News - Man
Guilty of Internet Stalking
Personal Site
- A place to help those harassed with onlinee stalkers. It has some good
links.
ZD NET - Cyber
stalker charged and jailed in California.
WHOA - Women Halting Online
Abuse
Internet Stalking
- The rapenetwork.com
Stalking
Innerset - From the m@gazine an online publication of St. Michaels
College, Colchester VT.
Links About
CyberStalking - From Stop Net Abuse, Inc.
From the site of:
Marguerite L. Malain-Lewallen
Forensic Psychology
ACJA-LAE, Sigma-Chi Chapter
California State University, Sacramento
Stalking from Online
to Offline
Tips from the stalker
to the stalked
Survivor or
cyber stalking
Stalking in Cyberspace
- University of Dayton School of Law
S.O.S. - Survivors of Stalking
CyberAngels - International
cyberspace neighborhood watch by the Guardian Angels works to combat Internet
crime. The largest safety organization since 1995.
Article
on "How the FBI Tracks Hackers" - Foxnews.com
Crime Spider - Crime search
engine
How
to Report Internet Crime - USA Department of Justice
Computer and Internet
Crimes - Cyberspacelaws
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