Tinder, one of the most used dating app worldwide, will soon implement new Tinder security protocols to protect each user of the app. One of the main highlights of these new security measures is what they called the 'panic button.'
Tinder Panic Button
According to studies, roughly 20% of everyone that you meet on Tinder are fake accounts. This means that there are small possibilities that you might get to meet a catfish -- an account pretending to be someone else. And if you are a fan of horror and suspense movies, these catfish might not be a good person to meet with.
If you are stuck in this kind of situation, what will you do? Hold your smartphone, find Tinder app, and report everything that's happening on your date.
How does Tinder Panic Button Work?
Since a lot of news sites already criticized Tinder due to its issues of not screening sex offenders, Tinder has now partnered with a safety app called Noonlight.
In Noonlight, you can easily log everything that will happen on your dates, such as where the date would be, the profile of your date, and other vital details that might be helpful once something bad happens.
Once you download the Noonlight app, you have to enable the location services and manually enter the new 'Tinder Timeline' tool that can be shared with your friends.
If the Tinder user felt unsafe with his/her date, the user has to press the Noonlight app and press a button that will alert the authorities.
Also, you don't have to worry about making a commotion since Noonlight will first send you a text message. Once you did not reply to that message, the app will soon call your number. If the phone is still unanswered by the user, Noonlight will then decide to dispatch emergency services at your exact location.
Is it safe to use Noonlight?
Tinder already said that using Noonlight is a safe platform for those who are worried that their location and other confidential information might be sold to third parties.
Noonlight said that they are not selling or going to sell any information about their users from any third party. Match, the dating company that owns Tinder, also said that they wouldn't have access to Noonlight's information to protect their users.
Tinder users can also have the ability to turn off location services if they are not on a date while using the Noonlight app.
Verified Tinder Account Has Blue Checkmark
Aside from the panic button, Tinder will also soon roll out a more stringent photo verification system. To have that blue checkmark on your Tinder account, you have to take a selfie in real-time using the pattern from the sample image.
Tinder will also require you to do other poses, which will then make their system verify if it is your face-- and not catfish. After these, you will now earn your blue checkmark that will show that you are an authenticated Tinder user.
