Dating profiles can reveal more context than people expect. FBF helps you think through visibility, location, photos and account controls before you become discoverable.
01Review who can discover your profile.
02Understand how distance and location are shown.
03Check photo backgrounds for identifying clues.
04Use strong account-security options.
05Keep sensitive details out of early conversations.
Visibility
Know who can find you.
Some platforms offer controls that change who can discover your profile. Check whether a feature hides you broadly, limits visibility to people you like, or only changes activity indicators. The exact behavior can vary by platform and plan.
Location
Useful proximity does not require exact exposure.
FBF uses city-level location in Finder. On dating apps, review how distance and location are displayed before using the app from home, work or another place you would not want someone to infer precisely.
Photos
Your background can identify you too.
Consider building names, workplace badges, school logos, license plates, children, street signs and other identifying context before uploading a photo.
Account security
Protect the account, not just the profile.
Use a unique password where password login exists.
Enable strong account-security options offered by the service.
Be cautious with links sent by new matches.
Never send one-time login codes to another person.
What to compare between apps
Privacy controls are part of product fit.
A platform can be attractive for community size but wrong for someone who needs stronger visibility or discretion controls.
Profile discoverability
Who can see you, and whether more private discovery requires a paid tier.
Location behavior
How distance is displayed and whether travel or location controls exist.
Blocking & contact discovery
Whether you can reduce unwanted discovery by people you already know or block unwanted contact.
Privacy should be a product behavior, not just a policy page.
Finder answers stay session/local by default. Raw dating intent, audience preference, detailed frustrations, conversation text and health information are designed to stay out of ordinary advertising analytics and affiliate tracking identifiers.
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City, not precise GPS
Finder needs enough geography to filter platforms, not exact coordinates.
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No account before value
You can receive recommendations without creating a persistent dating identity with FBF.
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No health records
Release 1 does not collect STI results, symptoms, diagnoses or medical records.
Privacy as a decision factor
Want FBF to prioritize privacy in your dating-app shortlist?
Choose privacy as one of your Finder priorities and see which options currently fit the rest of your brief.