Safety guides
Two kinds of guide live here. The first kind is about meeting strangers without it going badly. The second is about how phone location and background apps actually behave — because most disappointment with safety apps comes from expecting something the operating system was never going to allow. Everything below is written to be accurate rather than reassuring.
Marketplace pickup safety: a practical checklist
Choosing a safe exchange zone, what to tell someone beforehand, handling payment, and the specific moments where deals go wrong.
First-date safety when you're meeting someone online
A realistic plan: what to share and with whom, choosing the venue, arriving and leaving separately, and honest exit strategies.
How timed safety check-ins work
Why silence is the signal, how grace periods and escalation work, and how to pick an interval you will actually keep.
What to tell your trusted contact before you go
Being someone's emergency contact is a job with no instructions. Here is the briefing to send, and what they should do if you go quiet.
Why a location pin goes stale
A shared pin is a timestamp, not a live video feed. What "last updated 12 minutes ago" really means and when to worry.
How background location actually works on iOS and Android
What any safety app can and cannot do when your phone is in your pocket, including the things no app can work around.
If you want to see how these ideas are implemented in practice, the features page lists what SafeMeet does, and how to use SafeMeet walks through starting a session.