> extensively confirms that you are a real person There's a sort of balance. By giving less information to a dating site, you might be safer, and limit how mu

> extensively confirms that you are a real person There's a sort of balance. By giving less information to a dating site, you might be safer, and limit how much information can get out in a breach. And then there's the whole advertising/data collection/sharing behavior of most internet sites. "We never sell your information" (except they share it, or "use it for services" or whatever gets them off the hook) I've also noticed that some folks on dating sites have been burned and are extremely hesitant to participate if a phone number or other personally identifiable information is required.