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Ashley Madison review
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Good for: People who specifically want discreet, often married, dating.
Skip it if: You want proof the women are real: the FTC found the site faked them before.
Visit Ashley MadisonWe include Ashley Madison because people search for it, not because we recommend it. In 2016 its operators settled with the FTC and 13 states over charges that they used fake "engager" profiles of women to get men to pay, and that they kept data from users who had paid $19 to have it deleted.
The 2015 breach exposed account data on 36 million users, which was then published online. For a site whose whole promise is discretion, that history matters more than any feature list.
Women use it free; men buy credits to message, reported at $59 for 100 credits. If you go ahead, spend as little as possible until you have spoken on video with the person.
The facts
- Cost
- Free for women. Men pay per conversation with credits; reported packs are 100 credits for $59, 500 for $169 and 1,000 for $289.[1]
- Who uses it
- We found no current, audited user numbers. (Our own check: no published source found.)
- Verification & safety tools
- We found no published photo- or ID-verification system. Video-chat before you meet. (Our own check: no published source found.)
- Privacy record
- Hackers stole and published account and profile data on 36M users in 2015. The FTC found users who paid $19 for "Full Delete" had data kept anyway. If discretion is the point, assume anything you upload could one day be public.[2]