Safety

Strangers, sure. But not blind ones. Here is what the app does, and what you can do.

Before anyone meets

Everyone is verified. A phone, a card, and a selfie checked against an ID by our verification partner before anyone accepts an ask or asks for something above $20.
You can read a person at a glance. First name, a check, and a handoff count. No stars, no bios, no photos. A high count means a lot of strangers have already met this person and it went fine.
New people are eased in. Someone with fewer than three handoffs cannot take asks above $40.

Public corners only. Meeting spots are picked by us, on the sidewalk, at least 40 metres from the shop door, in the open. There is no free-text address.
Daylight and foot traffic. Launch lines are busy places at busy hours. That is the point.
You see each other coming. On the walk, both people see the other's dot. It turns off the moment the codes match.

Four characters. The person who asked shows a code. The person in line types it. Money moves only when it matches. Nobody has to hand over a phone.
A ten-minute window. If one person does not show, the other is looked after: refunded in full, or paid in full, depending on who was there.
Nothing to argue about. The receipt sets the price. The code settles the handoff. If the item is wrong, tap "That's not what I asked for" and you do not pay for it.

You never have to go through with a handoff. Cancel from the app and walk away. Before the item is bought, cancelling is free. After, the rules on the terms page apply, and a person on our team can look at it.
Tap "Something's not right?" on any ask. A person replies within about 15 minutes during launch hours.
If you feel unsafe, call 911 first. Then tell us.
Two notes on an account in 30 days pause it for a week. Three end it. We take reports seriously and we act on them.

Send you to someone's home or ask you to go inside anywhere.
Show your live location to anyone except the person you are meeting, and only on the walk.
Show your phone number, your email, or your last name.
Rush you. There is no timer on saying yes, and no penalty for passing.

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