Guide:Resisting technological domestic abuse

Purpose of this guide is to help victims of technological domestic abuse resist surveillance and recover from privacy or security compromise by the perpetrators of abuse, whether romantic, familial or otherwise.
Technologically savvy perpetrators have more options than ever before to keep tabs on their victims, take away control or agency and continue abuse from afar. We will try to give you the tools and knowledge to resist technological aspects of the abuse, and once you're able to leave the abusive situation, recover from the privacy compromise.

Core assumptions

In this guide we are assuming following:

• The perpetrator is somebody who has physical access to you and to the devices (and potentially accounts) you use.
  • The perpetrator also controls your internet access, either by controlling the router or controlling the ISP account.
• The perpetrator is generally more technologically savvy than you.
• The perpetrator is willing to deploy technological measures that are generally unacceptable, such as tracking your location, monitoring your search history, compromising your social media accounts and so on.

But first

If you share the device you're reading this on with the perpetrator, DO NOT allow them to use your browser history to find out about your attempts to resist.
First, do the following:

• Open this page in Private Mode/Incognito Mode.
• Go into browser's options, and delete the browsing history for approximately last hour.

This will prevent them from finding this guide in your history and being aware of the advice you're following.

Methods and countermeasures

Creepware

Potentially most concerning method the perpetrator could use is installing w:creepware on your devices. Creepware are apps that are designed to keep track of another's activity