The dating and relationship app, Tinder, has put its foot down when it comes to unsafe dating by partnering with a security company that will provide users with their own “panic button” if they were ever to feel unsafe or in danger while out on a date.
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The term “catfishing” is typically defined as “the phenomenon of internet predators that fabricate online identities and entire social circles to trick people into emotional or romantic relationships.”
A staggering seventy-one percent of people, to be precise.
And this makes the prospect of meeting up with a match even more threatening than ever before.
The unique dating app matches users based on their geographical locations and works through the simple, yet slightly shallow premise of allowing users to swipe right to “like” or left to “pass”.
Tinder’s parent company, Match Group, announced on Thursday that it is partnering up Noonlight, a safety app that tracks people’s locations and sends information to local emergency services when an alarm on the app is triggered.
So their retrospective dates can know that they are signed up to the safety service.
“It serves as a deterrent if people feel comfortable putting it on their profiles,” a Tinder spokesperson told BuzzFeed News.
As their data will only be shared with Noonlight.
“Noonlight does not share or sell any data, and we only use data to get you help in the event of an emergency,” Addy Bhasin, a Noonlight spokesperson explained.
“So when you go on your date you can turn it on, and when your date ends you can turn it off.”
Online dating has long been problematic, with many people emerging from their dates with complete horror stories.
Keep scrolling to hear what some people hate the most about dating over the internet, some are hilarious, and some are downright creepy…