In England and Wales, one in four women will experience some form of domestic abuse in their lifetime, and tech abuse is an increasing part of that problem. Abusive partners may use technology to control, harass or intimidate you. To help solve this Refuge, the UK charity provided support for women and children experiencing domestic violence, has teamed up with Avast, the Czech cybersecurity software company, has developed Digital Breakup, an online learning tool with advice on how secure their devices and platforms against tech abuse from a partner or ex partner.
For example, for socialising accounts, such as WhatsApp, Instagram and Zoom, they talk about how if someone else access this account, they can read your messages, impersonate you or lock you out of your account. In order to keep these accounts safe, they recommend that after a breakup you check login history and sign out your account from any device that isn’t yours, change your passwords to longer, stronger, check your privacy settings and block, unfriend, unfollow, mute and restrict your partner or anyone who may be linked to them and report any online harassment or breaking of community standards to the platform.
They also offer advice with regards to location settings, email accounts, financial accounts, online entertainment accounts (i.e. Netflix, Spotify), gaming accounts, welling & fitness apps, travel apps (i.e. flight booking sites, Uber, train or bus times/ticket sites), takeaway/delivery apps and dating apps.
The extensive range of information they provide is well researched and useful so I would recommend checking if you feel you need to protect yourself from potential dangers or know someone that does. It’s also completely free to use.
https://refugetechsafety.org/digitalbreakup/
There’s also similar information accessible in an article called “Secure your tech” by Refuge
