Debait turns a clickbait link into the real story behind it — or an honest "we can't verify this."
Share a link and Debait gives you the plain facts behind the headline, with sources you can open and read for yourself. When something can't be stood up, it says so instead of guessing — that honesty is the whole point.
Debait reads the article only to find the story — it doesn't reproduce, store, or republish what you shared, and it links you to the originals rather than hosting their content.
Debait is an automated tool and it can be wrong. Every verdict is an attributed comparison to a disclosed source — "the source shows X" — not an accusation, and not a guarantee. It reflects what that source stated at the time it was checked; sources can update, and we can miss things.
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iPhone's Safari doesn't let a website add itself to the share menu — that's an Apple platform limit, not a Debait one. The fix is a free Apple Shortcut that does the same job: get the Debait Shortcut, tap Add Shortcut, then allow it in the Share Sheet — after that, Share → Debait works from Safari, News, or anywhere else you find a link.
Debait works without accounts. A random device ID is stored on your phone to show your recent checks; we don't collect your name or identity, and your check history deletes itself after 7 days. We log what gets verified (to share the work across users and keep it free). The only usage we measure is whether a check was opened in full, whether its source was tapped, and whether it was shared — stored against the random device ID, not your identity, and gone with the check after 7 days. IP addresses are used only for short-lived rate limiting and expire within about a day.
Two things are optional and add data only if you use them: signing in with Google stores your Google email so your history and purchased checks follow you across devices; buying checks is processed by Stripe (we never see your card) and we keep the purchase ledger as a financial record. Notifications store a push subscription for your device, removable in Settings.
You can delete your own data any time: open Settings and tap “Delete my data”. That removes your history and push subscription on the spot, and — if you're signed in — your account link and the email we stored with it. Purchase records are kept as required for accounting, and backup copies expire within 90 days. Prefer a person? Use “Report an error” on any result and we'll do it by hand.
Corrections, takedown requests, and legal notices: tap “Report an error” on any result. We read every report and act on good-faith requests promptly.