Keeping yourself safe online is important for everybody, but women and girls who find themselves under the control/supervision of an intimate partner have special security concerns. This Page at WNL will link you to safety resources online, starting with this useful link explaining how you can keep your visit to this, or any other, website private.
Whether you are using your home computer, where your partner can log on and find out what you've been doing, or you have taken the first step to safety and are using someone else's computer or the computer at the library, you need to get in the habit of erasing your tracks before you leave any computer.
Follow this link to a page titled "Some Safety Considerations Around Using Technology" for tips about how to hide some of your tracks on computers and on your cell phone.
National Center for Victims of Crime has lots more for you here.
While you may not think your partner capable of hurting you, the most dangerous time for someone in a controlling abusive relationship is when they start thinking about leaving, and begin to act on those thoughts. Abusive people are very tuned in to the object of their "affection", and will be curious to say the least about where you go, who you see, and what you do on the computer if they suspect you might be leaving.
Please take precautions.
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