Email and text security: Should SP's offer more?

[kkelso]

Inhale helium before phoning to change your voice.
Wear a disguise.
When driving to her location, never go in a direct route.
Switch vehicles at least twice on the way.
If you suspect you're being tailed, call off the encounter.

Reminds me of the first time I book an SP in the states, 20+ years ago, I was really new to the game. I was looking down at the parking lot of my hotel waiting for her to arrive, all the sudden four black & whites careen into the parking lot, lights flashing, the whole bit. I about sh*t myself

They left an hour later with a guy in cuffs, no idea why. She never did show...

KK

 

[trod]

These are some of the things I do to protect my own privacy.
1. I never see any SP's that only book through texts or emails unless I have already seen these SP's previously.

2. When I book any indy SP's I always speak to her over the phone get a sense of her personality, if for any reason I
don't think she is a good match for me personality wise I totally skip her and see someone else, and if she is not willing to have a two minute conversation with me she is an SP that I would not want to see because personality wise it is not a good match for me.

3. Pick a fake name that you are comfortable with and use your fake name at all times (SP's use fake names and protect their own privacy and so should you)

4. Use a different email address for all your hobbying.

5. Use a second phone number for all your SP bookings and hobbying, unless you are single and feel comfortable using your main number.

6. Never under any circumstances provide your home address, your employment information to any SP. Even if they ask for employment info just give a general description of what you do or just state the industry you are employed in.

And always remember if an SP tries to pry or force you to provide information that you don't feel like providing due to discretion always tell her and if she is adament about getting this information just skip her and go to the next SP.
Your privacy and discretion should be just as important and if an SP can not accomodate that then it is her business but it is business lost for her.

Well said and agreed.

 

[pablice]

Like this: "I do not mean to disrespect you, but I don't feel comfortable lying about my profession and I may need more time before I am comfortable enough to open up to you to discuss details about my personal/professional life." It is perfectly understandable to want to remain discreet. My recommendation is to be honest and open to an extent that you are comfortable with while simply communicating respectfully. Personally, I really just like to know what people are passionate about and what they might be able to to teach me!

Why are you so awesome??? I agree honesty goes a long way, especially when building rapport and trust.

 

[cryptic]

Being new to the hobby and trying to arrange my first visits with independent SPs via email, it strikes me that there is potential for a lot of personal info being flung around in open cyberspace. Of course it's impossible to avoid all risk and if one chooses to sample the industry's offerings, one should consider the possible consequences. The problem is that no matter how careful I am, I am 100 per cent dependent on the SP's info management practices.

I was wondering if there is any demand from clients for SPs to provide data retention policies and/or offer encrypted email? I'm not talking about hiding one's identity from the SP, but protecting the privacy of both parties when making plans. Email accounts are ridiculously easy to hack, and you have to assume that everyone with whom you correspond uses a weak password for their email and cellphone and never empties their inbox. On top of that, it is likely that every email that passes through a US (and probably Canadian) server ends up being permanently stored on an NSA computer.

For example, PGP encryption is quite easy, free, and still secure (as far as we know), and SPs could post their public key on their website. Kind of nerdy and inconvenient but it would help everyone's privacy and safety. I think it would be a good business move, personally.

I would approve of PGP-encrypted email and there are various secure texting/phone applications available. I see two problems, however. Firstly, it's *still* too cumbersome of a user experience. Having said that, I do know some SPs who are very savvy and *could* provide it. Secondly, there is very little demand for anything more than a mutual trust not to disclose any personal details. There hasn't been a major event that would force the industry to change towards higher demand for secure communication.

After Snowden's leaks about NSA's surveillance, many more journalists started using (PGP) encryption in their communication. Where's our Snowden?

And to get even more paranoid, PGP-encrypted email still leaks transit information and the fact that there was some communication between two email addresses. Pond fixes that, but that's still ages away from the mainstream.

ETA: Is there a single escort review community in Canada that uses secure HTTPS connections? Would only cost a few hundred dollars a year for the certificates to cover terb, perb, and merb.

 

[KBear]

Get a hobby phone with data. You can activate it under John Doe and or using over free wifi to set up a gmail account

Its not up to the sp to provide security. Its up tp you to be careful

Will agree with the above posters and add, If you are worried leave your wallet and anything else that would identify in your car.

You will likely be busted by someone you know, either a girl you become close to and then have a falling out with, or a suspicious spouse who searches your cell phone and computer and finds what they are looking for. It will most likely be your screw up that gets you caught. The chances of some unknown person with no motives to hurt or check on you, finding a phone or email and tracking you down to blackmail you are slim.

 

[fuji]

Its not up to the sp to provide security. Its up tp you to be careful

+1000

SP's should absolutely practice discretion, as should clients. But everyone needs to take responsibility for themselves. If an SP indiscretion trashes your relationship it is a big fucking deal for you, and a small 'oops' moment for her. She will feel bad, your life will be ruined.

Get a hobby phone number, either via a second SIM, or a voip app like fongo (uninstall or logout when not in use).

 

[fuji]

If you get a password generator app you can get random number and letter sequences nobody would ever guess.

Those are hard to remember. What I do is make a sentence that I can remember and use the first letter of every word as a password, converting one letter a number and including punctuation. Like this: Escort review sites like terb are lots of fun! generates passwoed "Ers1talof!"

Good luck guessing that but it is easy to remember.

For generic websites I don't care about I reuse passwords but append a three letter code for the site, maybe Ers1talof!pof on POF. I never reuse passwords for email, social media, or financial sites though.