Tinder: This is how you register without Facebook and without a cell phone number

1. Registration via telephone number vs. registration with Facebook

2. Use Tinder without Facebook

3. Use Tinder without a cell phone number? It does not work anymore.

Tinder is one of the most popular online dating platforms with around two million users in Germany. But in order to use Tinder, you have to give the app access to your Facebook profile or reveal your cell phone number. Both options have advantages and disadvantages. Netzwelt explains below how you can register for Tinder with your Facebook account or phone number and reveals how you can still share as little data as possible with the app.

Registration via telephone number vs. registration with Facebook

For a long time, registering with Tinder required linking the app to your own Facebook account. There are several reasons for this: Tinder uses Facebook primarily to ensure that there is a real person behind the profile, a company spokeswoman explained to netzwelt.

Tinder also uses data from Facebook’s social graph to provide you with suitable suggestions. This means that mutual friends and interests are highlighted in the profiles of potential partners. In addition, you don’t have to remember any additional login details and information such as your first name, age and your profile picture are automatically transferred from Facebook to your Tinder profile. Other Facebook users will not notice that you are using Tinder during this process. It is neither noted in your profile nor can the app post on Facebook on your behalf.

However, many interested users are deterred by the Facebook requirement. Tinder has responded to this and for some time now in Germany has also offered the option of registering without a Facebook account. Instead, you register with your phone number. You will then receive a code via SMS that you can use to log in to Tinder. You also have to enter an email address. You can use this to restore your password if you have forgotten it. The advantage of this variant is that you have much more control over your data on Tinder.

Use Tinder without Facebook

If you have decided to register for Tinder without Facebook, follow the following steps to register in the dating app with your phone number. But in this case too, it’s not possible without Facebook. The registration process is carried out here via the Facebook tool “Account Kit”. At least your phone number should end up on the Facebook servers. However, no link is created to any existing Facebook profile.

Use Tinder without a cell phone number? It does not work anymore.

If you want to use Tinder without a cell phone number, you could previously register with your Facebook profile. But the dating app now also requires a telephone number and email address. The only solution: If you want to keep your real cell phone number secret from Tinder, you have to provide another number that you still have access to. This could be the number of a data SIM that you use in your tablet or notebook.

We have summarized further tips for protecting your privacy on Tinder in the linked article.

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