Your Safety, Our Priority
Walk With Me is built with safety and privacy at its core. Discover the 10 layers of protection designed to keep you safe.
Privacy & Audience Controls
Create Your Safe Space
Choose exactly who can discover and join your walks. Set visibility to public or friends-only, create gender-specific safe spaces like women's walking groups, and build trusted walking communities on our social walking platform.
- Public, Friends Only, or Private walk visibility
- Gender preference options (Women Only, Men Only, LGBTQ+ Only, Everyone)
- Friends-only messaging and walk discovery
- Smart filtering based on your preferences
Location Privacy
Your exact location is never revealed. When you find walking buddies nearby, walk meeting points are offset by 200 meters using the Haversine formula, map zoom is restricted, and only approximate locations are shown to other users.
- 200m random location offset for all walks
- Restricted map zoom levels (12-15)
- "Location is Approximate" notice on all maps
- Opt-in live location sharing with privacy offset
Walk Management
You're in Control
Complete control over who joins your walks. Review every join request, accept or decline without explanation, and remove participants at any time during the walk.
- Pending request queue for all join requests
- Accept or decline with no explanation required
- Remove participants mid-walk if needed
- Declined users have the walk hidden completely
Personalized Discovery Filters
Your Walk, Your Rules
Customize your walking experience with powerful filters. Control proximity zones, set preferred pace and terrain, choose duration ranges, and filter by interests and vibes to find exactly the walks you want.
- Dual proximity zones (inner walking radius + outer discovery radius)
- Pace preferences (Casual, Brisk, Moderate, Competitive)
- Terrain filters (Urban, Park, Beach, Mountain, Mixed, Hiking)
- Duration, time of day, and interest-based filtering
Friend Network & Social Features
Build Your Community
Connect with fellow walkers and build your walking community. Send friend requests, invite friends to walking groups, manage your network, and discover walks near you created by people you trust.
- Send and accept friend requests with pending status
- Invite friends directly to your walks
- Remove friends or manage your network anytime
- Schedule walks and coordinate with your walking crew
Block & Report System
Instant Protection
Block and report users instantly with complete protection. Blocked users disappear completely from your experience, while reports are reviewed by our admin team in line with our Community Guidelines.
- One-tap blocking with bi-directional invisibility
- 6 report categories (harassment, spam, fake profiles, etc.)
- Combined Report & Block option for immediate protection
- Anonymous reporting with admin review workflow
Authentication & Security
Account Protection
Your safety is our priority. Walk With Me implements bank-level security measures to protect your account and personal information at every step of your journey. From the moment you sign up to every walk you join, our platform uses enterprise-grade encryption, multi-layered authentication, and continuous security monitoring. We've built our infrastructure on the same security principles used by financial institutions, ensuring that your data remains private, secure, and under your control. Every aspect of our platform - from password storage to real-time messaging - is designed with your privacy and security as the foundation. For full details on how we handle your data, see our Privacy Policy.
Account Creation & Validation
- Multi-step verification (email, phone, and optional 2FA)
- Enterprise-grade TLS 1.3 encryption for all communications
- Bcrypt password hashing with cryptographic salt
- Two-factor authentication (TOTP) with backup codes
Data Protection Policies
- Intelligent session management with automatic expiration
- Data isolation and granular privacy controls
- Automatic security cleanup and maintenance
- SSL-enforced database with encrypted secrets at rest
Key Takeaways
- Walk With Me protects every walk with 10 layers of safety.
- Your exact location is never shown — a 200-meter random offset protects every meeting point.
- Walk hosts approve every join request and can remove participants at any time.
- Blocking is instant and completely invisible to the blocked user.
- Reports are reviewed by the Walk With Me admin team within 24 hours.
- Gender-specific walks (women-only, LGBTQ+-only) are available for added safety.
What is a Safe Walking App?
A walking app with built-in safety features that protect users' location, identity, and physical safety during group walks. Walk With Me includes location offset, host approval, instant blocking, and 24-hour report review.