Gettit Is the First Dating App to Default to Neighborhood-Level Location Fuzzing

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NEW YORK, NY — APRIL 2026

Gettit, the new privacy-first dating app launching in New York City, today announced that its location system is built from the ground up to protect user safety — showing neighborhood-level proximity by default without ever exposing exact GPS coordinates.

This isn’t a toggle. It’s not a setting buried in a menu. Location fuzzing is Gettit’s default behavior, and it represents a fundamental departure from how every other major dating app handles location.

The Problem With How Other Apps Handle Location

Grindr has faced multiple high-profile controversies and regulatory actions over location data exposure, including a 2021 fine from Norwegian regulators for sharing precise user location with advertising networks. In 2014, a security researcher demonstrated that Grindr’s trilateration vulnerability could expose users’ exact home addresses — a flaw that took years to fully address.

Tinder’s “distance” feature has faced similar research-backed concerns. Scruff and Jack’d have both faced scrutiny over proximity precision. For LGBTQ+ users and other vulnerable populations, precise location exposure isn’t just a privacy issue — it’s a safety issue.

“We looked at every major competitor’s location system and asked: what’s the worst that could happen? The answers were alarming. We built Gettit so that question doesn’t even apply.” — Jax Sterling, CEO & Co-Founder, Gettit

How Gettit’s Location Fuzzing Works

Gettit uses geohash-based neighborhood quantization to reduce location precision before it’s ever stored or transmitted to other users:

• GPS coordinates are quantized to a geohash precision level that corresponds to a city block or neighborhood radius (not a street address)
• The fuzzed position is what’s stored, transmitted, and displayed — the precise GPS coordinate never leaves the device
• Distance shown on profile cards is derived from the fuzzed position — preventing trilateration attacks that have exposed users on other platforms
• The Who’s Out Tonight feature uses the same fuzzed coordinates — availability signals never carry precision location

This is meaningfully different from apps that collect precise coordinates and then display a rounded distance. On Gettit, the precision is removed at the source.

Privacy Is a Safety Feature

For users in sensitive situations — those navigating dating while managing personal safety concerns, those in communities where certain identities carry risk, or anyone concerned about stalking or harassment — precise location exposure is a direct safety threat.

Gettit’s comprehensive privacy settings let users control what others see about them, but location fuzzing isn’t in that panel for a reason: it shouldn’t be optional. Every user on Gettit benefits from it regardless of their settings.

No Advertising, No Location Data Monetization

Because Gettit operates on a subscription-only model, there is no incentive to share location data with advertising networks. Location data is used exclusively to power proximity matching — not sold, not licensed, not retained beyond operational necessity.

This contrasts with Grindr’s documented practices, which resulted in the Norwegian regulatory fine, and with Tinder’s privacy policy, which permits location data use for advertising purposes.

Full data practices are documented in Gettit’s Privacy Policy.

About Gettit

Gettit is an inclusive dating and social networking platform built for everyone. Available on iOS and Android. Sign Up Now and get 6 months of Plus free.

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