The best tips for a safe experience on JALF

Every dating site comes with its share of risks. Between catfishing and people with bad intentions, how do you navigate these platforms to avoid nasty surprises?

To make sure you have a positive experience, it’s best to use good judgment and a touch of caution—especially on an explicit platform like JALF!

Here are a few simple tips to get the most out of the platform without compromising your safety.

Keep your credentials separate

Use a dedicated email address, username, and profile photo that aren’t used on LinkedIn, Facebook, or other public profiles. Avoid using your real name or precise location in your handle.

Don’t share your personal information

When you’re getting to know someone, avoid sharing personal details like your full name, phone number, home address, workplace, etc. And of course, NEVER share your banking information or social insurance number.

Keep conversations on the platform

Keeping your exchanges with other members on the platform not only preserves your anonymity, it also allows the JALF team to take action if needed. Plus, with messaging, webcam rooms, and video calls, you’ve got everything you need to communicate the way you want—right on JALF.

Share photos and videos with care

Images and videos can reveal more than you think, including your location, habits, and clues to your identity.

• Check the background: Use photos that don’t reveal your home, license plate, work badge, your kids’ school logo, or unique landmarks near where you live.
• Remove geolocation data: Consider stripping metadata before sending images.
• Set your boundaries: Establish your own rules around nudity and explicit content. Only send what you’d be okay seeing become public in a worst-case scenario, and say “no” firmly if someone pushes you to share more than you want.
• Choose who sees what: Keep your most revealing photos or videos in private albums or share them only with your favorite members. If anonymity matters to you, avoid showing your face or distinctive features (tattoos, piercings, etc.) that could reveal your identity.

Watch for red flags

Does the person you’re talking to show any of the following behaviors? End the exchange and move on.

• Requests for money (financial help, gift cards, wire transfers): it’s a scam. Period. Even if the story seems urgent or “touching,” end the chat and report the profile—a genuine match won’t make you pay up.
• Sudden personal dramas after two days of chatting. It’s a tactic to lower your guard: slow down, verify details, and don’t share anything sensitive.
• Excessive pressure: they push hard for your phone number, address, or nude photos. Consent applies to your data, too—someone respectful will move at your pace; otherwise, next and block.

Ask them to verify their profile (if they haven’t already)

Being verified means the JALF team has confirmed the member’s identity matches their profile. It shows they’re serious and greatly reduces the chances their profile is fraudulent. If you’re not verified yourself, we encourage you to do it! Verified members get more messages—and more replies.

Report inappropriate behavior

Witness offensive, hateful, violent, harassing—in short, inappropriate—behavior or messages? Report them. When you report a member, you help make JALF a safer platform for everyone. If someone receives multiple reports, they may be banned from the site.

And if someone is bothering you, remember you can block them. They’ll disappear from the site and won’t be able to contact you.

With these habits, you stay discreet, keep control, and enjoy JALF with confidence. Ready to match without oversharing (unless you want to)? Your move.