What I'm saying is that you shouldn't use this guy's story to convince guys not to screen, it wasn't that complicated to understand. You're explaining modern society to me as if I don't know about any of these realities. The truth is I and other SP risk our lives to service clients like you, even if we are not doing anything illegal. Okay maybe being filmed without consent isn't legally a sexual assault but it can still very much have an impact on someone's life if the client shares the images he stole. I've heard of girls being filmed without their consent and these videos being shared in secret group chats...I have said, and have said over and over again in similar threads, that Sp's have every right and reason to do what they can to enhance their security. And I 100% respect and support their decision to do so. I am sure that all have made the risk-reward analysis and made an informed choice.
But so do legit clients have the right to make their own decisions regarding protecting themselves from risks and consequences. If it means that I cannot see certain ladies or book through certain agencies, then I accept and respect that. I have carried out my own risk-reward analysis.
And while I also share the indisputable consensus that filming intimate acts without consent is absolutely wrong and despicable, it is technically criminal voyeurism, not sexual assault. Not judging the severity of the trauma or harms, just pointing out the difference in legel terms.
As for you bringing the information to the police without any reason, I also agree that you wouldn't.
BUT... people lose their phones, their phones get stolen or hacked. And many of the so-called indy's DO have pimps, handlers or even booking agents. NONE of which I would trust evidence of my personal criminal activity with. Either by risk of negligence, accident or malice. The world, and this industry are FULL of scammers who rely on horny guys not thinking prudently and will do anything to get THAT piece of ass, often a fake pic anyways. Which, in and of itself is prima facie evidence that the entity placing the ad is dishonest and is attempting a fraud, even if just that of misrepresentation.
And most of all, I disagree with your assertion that nobody is at risk of being charged for simply buying sexual services. Maybe it hasn't been an issue in the GTA... so far. Could be for political, resource limitations or societal reasons. But the fact remains, we are governed by the Nordic Model and therefore our hobby is 100% illegal. SP's are considered as 'victims' so they are immune from prosecution. But who knows what the future holds in future governments, community leaders, police personnel or whatever factors. I don't know what the statute of limitations for obtaining sexual services for remuneration is... and I don't want to find out. AFAIK, there is NO limitation period for sexual assault though.
As you, and we all should, know, the pace at which metadata is being sucked up and analyzed is increasing exponentially. Not just by Google, Meta, Amazon, Netflix, TikTok, X, Bell, Rogers, Telus and the thousands of data aggregators and brokers, but also domestic and foreign governments. If anyone knows anyone's real phone number, you can buy an extensive personal consumer profile of that person's browsing habits, location tracking etc across all your platforms. In fact, the CRA can buy your publicly available online history and profile from a commercial data broker...WITHOUT A WARRANT. I don't see why the police could not do the same buying your profile from a commercial data broker. It is truly fucking scary. And only going to get worse. Especially with the ability of AI to make specific investigations across global resources and come up with profiles etc.
So, while it now takes specific inquiries to develop a profile, the advent of AI is going to make pro-actively parsing and analyzing these databases for government reasons, like flagging tax evasion for example, the norm. It is already being done to identify potential terrorism and drug dealing persons of interest. And with 5 Eyes sharing so much intelligene and databases, it will only be a matter of time until USCBP and ICE to have access to that at the border, for example.
Look up Palantir's klover AI system designed to do EXACTLY this. Right now it is being used by ICE to find illegal immigrants.
So I still maintain my position of us guys protecting their privacy as best we can. No pussy is worth risking barebacking, either without a rubber or a burner and cash.
Yes we live under surveillance and yes it's possible for governmental agencies to discovered that you have done something illegal by purchasing sexual services, but how often have you heard of a client being arrested? This is the question nobody ever wants to answer. The truth is that I've never heard of a client getting arrested unless he was buying services from a minor. As sex workers we deal with organizations that give us a lot of information about the law.. Yes technically it's illegal and you could get arrested but the truth is that this almost never happens, and there are sex workers who went to the police after being raped and stolen from who were not taken seriously and the client received no consequences.
5 Eyes etc all of what you're mentioning have been a thing for a really longtime, yes it's worse now with surveillance technologies but they are not NEW and it's not like a ton of clients of escorts are going to jail as a result of these companies and devices existing. It's SP who are more at risk of suffering consequences if they are exposed, such as being banned from going to certain countries, being arrested at the border, etc. Not only that but if future or current employers find out that someone has been a sex worker, there will be issues for this person. Not so much clients. If you don't want to screen, then don't, but don't contribute to a panic that prevents independent providers from being safe...
