RandomVideoCall Safety
Random video call safety: keep your number out of it.
A random video call here works without your phone number, so the person on the other end never gets it from us. Keeping it that way is mostly up to you. This page covers what a call shares, what you shouldn't hand over yourself, and what to do when a call goes wrong.
What a call shares, and what it doesn't
What the call carries
Your camera picture and your microphone on a video call, only your mic on Audio, only your typing on Text. The browser asks before the camera or mic turns on, and you can say no.
What it doesn't carry
Your phone number, your contact list and your phone's call history. None of them are part of a call here, and nothing is saved into your contacts afterwards.
What you might give away anyway
Whatever is in the frame or comes out of your mouth. A street sign through the window, a uniform with a logo, your surname said out loud: those travel the same way your face does.
The "add me on WhatsApp" move
The most common way a random call turns into a problem is a request to continue somewhere else. It usually sounds friendly: the connection here is bad, they want to send you a photo, they would like to talk again tomorrow. Once you're on an app tied to your real number, they have your number, often your profile picture and sometimes your name.
Some of these requests are the opening of a blackmail scam. The other person gets you to undress or say something on camera, records it, then threatens to send the recording to your friends or family unless you pay. If that happens: stop replying, don't pay, keep screenshots of the threats and the account, and report it (see the list below). Paying rarely makes it stop.
The simple rule: if someone wants to move the call, press Next or close the tab.
Five things to keep off the call
- Your phone number, even "just the last few digits"
- Your username on other apps, or a QR code for one
- Your home address, your workplace or the name of your gym
- Your full name, or a photo of any ID or bank card
- Codes sent to your phone by text message, for any reason
Buttons you have during a call
- Next
- Shows up after a brief countdown. Pressing it hangs up on this person and finds you another.
- Close the tab
- Works any time, countdown or not. The call ends with it.
- Report
- For nudity you didn't agree to, threats, hate, anyone who looks under 18, or someone pushing you to pay or move to another app.
- Block
- When you don't want to run into that person again.
- Browser site settings
- Turn camera or microphone access back off for this site whenever you want.
About coins
Calls are paid with coins, and coins are only bought from the wallet page on this site. Nobody you meet on a call can top up your wallet for you. Treat any stranger who brings up money, crypto, gift cards or "free coins" as a scam and report them.
Where to get help
- FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)US. For blackmail, threats to post a recording of you, or money you were tricked into sending after a chat.
- StopNCII.orgFor adults worried that an intimate image of them will be shared. It makes a fingerprint (hash) of the image on your own device so partner platforms can spot and block it; the image itself is not uploaded.
- Cyber Civil Rights InitiativeHelp and a US crisis line for people dealing with image-based abuse.
- NCMEC CyberTiplineIf you saw someone who appeared to be a minor, report them in the call and here as well.
Facing a threat to your safety this minute? Phone the emergency services where you live.
Adults 18+ only. Ready when you are.
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