It has been said in this forum that you don't really know who has your information that you give providers during screening.
I believed this and the following is a brief summary of a few steps I have taken to protect myself.
I began a program of changing, adding and deleting a phone number every 3 or 4 months, burners are cheap.
In addition I never use my eccie account name or acknowledge even having an eccie account.
In my opinion, the reviews on eccie are almost useless. The only thing of use I have found is the provider menu
I am a perpetual newbie, new to town, new to the hobby, or at most an occasional dabbler.
Over the past three years I haven't had any trouble reaching into the provider pool so far and doubt I will experience any difficulty in the future.
Any additional steps you care to share, discuss or comment on?
Originally Posted by dudistpreist
You said
all that to then ask what steps others are taking to protect their information...I'll bite, offering additional topics of consideration. Some may say not to feed the troll, but here are a few:
Screening is a two-way street. Useful information is not only gleaned from reviews here. Do you have distinguishable physical characteristics, such as a recognizable scar, tattoo, disfigurement? Are you, on the other hand easy to forget, ambiguously plain and wholly unremarkable?
Communication via PM, email, phone, even writing style expressed through your posts, threads, reviews, etc. may offer clues to your identity. Do you type the way you talk? Is your vernacular and lexicon pretty similar across all your pseudonyms?
Transportation, location of appointments - is the multiplicity of dudistpreist showing up to park in the same vehicle, scanning the area for watching eyes appropriately aware of surroundings? Host outcalls to the same establishment?
Food for thought, in the least.