Domestic Violence Victims Should Expand Their Thinking about Computer Safety

A new booklet called Computer Safety for Domestic Violence Victims challenges and expands on conventional thinking about safe computer use by domestic violence victims.

(PRWEB) March 25, 2004 -- Scores of web sites for domestic violence victims caution victims about using a computer at home to find help. This new booklet provides an analysis of the common advice found on many web sites and in printed literature. The author concludes that the conventional advice is sometimes right, sometimes wrong, and almost always falls short of the expanded thinking necessary to keep oneself safe from an abuser who might stalk.

The booklet includes:

-- why we need to think about computers outside the home as well as in the home

-- tips on which web browser to use and why

-- unique ways to create a password

-- advice for naming files

-- why to avoid using Microsoft Word as a word processor

-- cautions about cell phones and cell phone provider web sites

-- why search engines, such as Google, can be hazardous to your safety

- why Caller ID blocking is not always blocked

More information can be obtained at http://www.movari.com.

About the Author: Bruce Miller has been using and writing about computers since the mid 1980's. He is also a victim of domestic violence.