Dating safety
Dating with digital boundaries
Verification, first meetings, money requests, and image pressure — framed as options, never as blame.
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Nothing in this guide makes you responsible for someone else’s violence or coercion. People can do everything “right” and still be harmed. The point is choices, not a score.
Options many people find useful
A live video call on the original app before meeting.
A public first meeting with your own way home.
A check-in with a trusted person and a time they should act if you miss it.
Keeping your home address off the table in early chats.
Staying on the original app until you are ready, so report tools still work.
Money and images
Requests for money, crypto, or “verification” photos before you have met are information about the other person. You can walk away without proving it is a scam.
If images were shared or threatened, you deserve help even if you sent them. See Intimate Image resources.