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Information You Should Never Share on Camera

Protect your accounts, money, and location during live video chat.

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Financial and account data

Passwords, one-time codes, banking apps, crypto wallets, and payment QR codes must stay off camera.

Scammers may ask you to “verify identity” by reading SMS codes — that is account takeover, not romance.

Identity and location

Passports, driver licenses, utility bills, employee badges, and school IDs can enable fraud or doxing.

Avoid showing distinctive landmarks outside your window that reveal where you live.

Personal media you cannot control

Do not perform intimate acts you would not want recorded. You cannot control what another person captures off-platform.

If someone threatens to share images, stop the call, report, and seek help from local authorities where appropriate.

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