DatingDefender

DatingDefender

OKCupid scam blocker. Fully self-contained inside of the OKCupid site.

What is DatingDefender?
DatingDefender is a Chrome extension called DatingDefender designed to help users protect themselves from scams and fake profiles on OkCupid. It alerts users about suspicious activities and provides native alerts within the OkCupid site. Stay safe while online dating with DatingDefender.
Merlin
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By: op2600
Users: 32 ▼ -3
Rating: 3.75 (4)
Version: 2.4 (Last updated: 2016-01-24)
Creation date: 2016-01-24
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 41.64K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Will help you detect fake profiles and scams on OkCupid. Hope to add more sites and types of scams blocked later.

For now:

  1. Alert if "skype", "text", "name" or any email is said to help user avoid divulging data

  2. Alert if user profile seems bot like in nature

All alerts are displayed inside the OKCupid site natively so they can't be missed. (They are not alerts or notifications.)

Note: Profile scam checker has been fixed on the new OkCupid site as of 2.4. Thanks.

User reviews
Great idea, but it doesn't work in the new Okcupid site, it detect all users as having one picture.
by Zaine Pat Zaine Pat, 2015-12-28

Good plugin, helps weed out nasty scams and fake accounts. Wouldn’t use OKCupid without it.
by Mike K (MK) Mike K (MK), 2015-11-10

Great plugin - saved me time and frustration with bots. Highly recommended!
by Jb W Jb W, 2015-11-10
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Safety
Risk impact

DatingDefender is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

DatingDefender has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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