We are Digital Defense Fund, and we do digital security for the abortion access movement.
We envision a future where technology and innovation support secure, autonomous reproductive decisions, free from stigma.
Learn.
Explore our library of digital security learning resources! Create a training using our slide decks, or plan an activity to convince your team to download an encrypted messenger app. Print out digital security zines, share some art on your social media, and more!
Volunteer.
Are you a software developer, website builder, UI designer, digital security trainer, IT technician, or a technologist of any kind? The abortion access movement wants you! Check out upcoming hack-a-thons, long term volunteer opportunities, and one-off projects that need your help.
Services
Getting Started
Not sure where to start? Our resources can get you moving in the right direction. Our guides can help you figure out which tech security improvements to tackle first, and ways to leverage your entire team to work together to make it happen. If you're not sure what you need, start here.
Custom Training
DDF provides digital security, privacy, and technology trainings that can help prepare your team to face the risks they might encounter doing abortion access work. With trainings on personal device and account security, doxxing prevention, surveillance, and more, we can get you started on your security skill-building journey.
Full Evaluation
A top to bottom plan for getting your organization up to best security practices. We’ll work together to take an inventory of your current digital security practices and the equipment and software you use, and will provide a comprehensive set of recommendations to improve your security processes.
Software Projects
In addition to our capacity-building efforts, the Digital Defense Fund also builds software aimed at streamlining the work that abortion access organizations do every day to complete their most important work.
VolunteerMeet
Create volunteer application and vetting processes that work for your organization, with software informed by years of experience in abortion access work.
CarrierPigeon
Add a text-to-Slack messaging option to your existing hotline, allowing hotline volunteers to respond in real time to texts without ever needing to see clients' phone numbers.