guides

# Straight answers about  
chatting with strangers.

No fear-mongering, no marketing gloss. What actually makes anonymous chat safe or unsafe, how our moderation works, and where we draw the line — written plainly.

[Is anonymous chat safe?What actually goes wrong on stranger-chat sites, and what has to exist to stop it.](https://safemeet.now/guides/is-anonymous-chat-safe)[SafeMeet vs Omegle-style sitesSame premise — talk to a stranger — with the opposite safety architecture.](https://safemeet.now/guides/safemeet-vs-omegle-style-sites)[How AI moderation works hereEvery message is checked before delivery. Here is the pipeline, honestly described.](https://safemeet.now/guides/how-ai-moderation-works)[How SafeMeet handles ageA 13+ floor, self-declared age, and a declared teen never matched with a declared adult — the real mechanism, plainly.](https://safemeet.now/guides/how-safemeet-handles-age)[What gets blocked, and whyThe categories our moderation checks for, with real examples of each and what gets blocked.](https://safemeet.now/guides/what-gets-blocked)[SafeMeet vs AI companion appsFor when AI companion chat starts to feel scripted: real people, disclosed bots, and AI doing the checking instead of the talking.](https://safemeet.now/guides/safemeet-vs-ai-companion-apps)[What happens when you report someoneWho reviews a report (an AI), when a ban happens and how long it lasts, how reputation works, and how to appeal.](https://safemeet.now/guides/what-happens-when-you-report-someone)[Does SafeMeet hide your phone number?What gets hidden from your chat partner, what you see, what is kept, and where the hiding stops.](https://safemeet.now/guides/does-safemeet-hide-your-phone-number)[Is SafeMeet end-to-end encrypted?No, and why: every message is checked before delivery. What is encrypted, who receives a message, and how long it is kept.](https://safemeet.now/guides/is-safemeet-end-to-end-encrypted)

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