| Click the picture below to visit the homepage of the Internet Police Notebook.It is an awesome site and has alot of important information on staying safe online. |
| Internet Safety Tips |
| From the American Bar Association's Commission on Domestic Violence |
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| Taking all of the actions on this page may not prevent an abuser from discovering your email and internet activity. ( one victim was found and murdered when her abuser went through an internet broker, Docusearch, to find her) The safest way to find information on the internet is to go to a safer computer. Suggestions are : a local library, a friend's house or your workplace. Other safety suggestions are : change your password frequently, do not pick obvious words or numbers for your password, and pick a combination of letters and numbers for your password. |
| HOW AN ABUSER CAN DISCOVER YOUR INTERNET ACTIVITIES email: if an abuser has access to your email account, he or she may be able to read your incoming and outgoing mail. if you believe your account is secure, make sure you choose a password he or she will not be able to guess. If an abuser sends you threatening or harassing email messages, they may be printed and saved as evidence of this abuse. Additionally, the messages may constitute a federal offense. For more information on this issue, contact your local United States Attorney's Office. history / cache file: if an abuser knows how to read your computer's history or cache file (automatically saved web pages and graphics), he or she may be able to see information you have viewed recently on the internet. You can clear your history or empty your cache file in your browser's settings. Netscape: Pulldown Edit menu, select Preferences. Click on Navigator on choose 'Clear History'. Click on Advanced then select Cache. Click on "Clear Disk Cache". On older versions of Netcape: Pulldown Options menu. Select Network Options, Select Cache. Click on "Clear Disk Cache". Internet Explorer: Pull down Tools menu, select Internet Options. On General page, under Temporary Internet Files, click on "Delete Files." If asked, check the box to delete all offline content. Still within the Temporary Internet Files section, click on Settings. (This next step may make it harder to navigate pages where you'd like your information to be remembered, but these remaining cookies do show website pages you have visited. Therefore, use your own judgment as to whether or not to take this next step). Click on "View Files." Manually highlight all the files (cookies) shown, then hit Delete. Close that window, then on General page under History section, click on "Clear History." AOL: Pulldown Members menu, select Preferences. Click on WWW icon. Then select Advanced. Purge Cache. Additionally, a victim needs to make sure that the "Use Inline Autocomplete" box is NOT checked. This function will complete a partial web address while typing a location in the address bar at the top of the browser. If you are using Internet Explorer, this box can be found on the MS Internet Explorer Page by clicking on "Tools" at the top of the screen, then "Internet Options," and then the "Advanced" tab. About halfway down there is a "Use inline AutoComplete" box that can be checked and unchecked by clicking on it. Uncheck the box to disable the feature that automatically completes an internet address when you start typing in the internet address box. |
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| If you want to use Hotmail, you have to sign up for a Passport - and in so doing you're added to the Passport database. Microsoft Messenger requires a Passport, too. Windows XP nags mercilessly, offering all sorts of goodies to get you to divulge your name, address, age, phone number, and the like, as grist for the Passport maw. If you signed up for Hotmail - or anything else that uses Passport - more than a couple of months ago, you may be in for a big surprise. It seems that Microsoft changed the rules while you weren't looking. Unilaterally, Microsoft may have granted itself permission to pass along your personal information to other companies that use Passport on their Web sites. The personal information includes your email address, your birthday, your country and zip code, your gender and occupation. Has Microsoft taken liberties with your data? There's an easy way to check. Go into Hotmail. Click Options (to the right of the tab that says "Address Book"). Click Personal Profile (in the upper left corner). Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and see whether the boxes marked "Share my e-mail address" and "Share my other registration information" have been checked. |
| Really, just be smart. 1-Don't hang out in internet chat rooms. 2-If you have posted a personal profile with your internet provider (such as the ones used for MSN profiles page) DELETE it and don't create another one. 3-This one is obvious: DON'T CONTACT YOUR ABUSER THROUGH EMAIL!! No matter how much you think you might want to send any type of message to your abuser either directly or through his friends or family, don't do it.This applies to phone calls, snail mail, verbal messages through intermediaries, all of it. Getting back in touch with their abusers has gotten many well-meaning women killed. Don't become one of them. |
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| Microsoft Releases Your Personal Hotmail Information |
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