Keeping your contact profile under the radar can be significantly improved by using a second phone that's only for hobby use.  If having a second device is problematic, consider adding a Burner app to your smartphone.  Either of these will permit you to walk away from a number that's been compromised, or made public in some way.

"if someone publishes your hobby number somewhere then it's fairly straightforward to drop it and select a new one"

Sorry Tobi,
Hobby phones are for discretion.  You don't want our SO's calling up unknown numbers on our phones.  One's hobby reputation...  like a reputable provider's stage name...  has value.  I had to get a new hobby phone  but I gave my old & new hobby numbers to my Favorite ladies for scheduling purposes.   I've had this phone for over 2 years...  
And SCAM providers can reinvent themselves with a new stage name as fast as one can click on an ad site...   but unreviewed providers are suspect also.  
Welcome to the Escort World.  It is what it is.

but you are in the extreme minority there.

...want his wife, SO, or gf to find out by purposely or accidentally finding something on his non-hobby phone. You are well aware that guys use burn phones, vonage, phone apps for that very reason. To eliminate a guy because you're aware he's using one of those and, Oh! That's a red flag, he's hiding something." You bet your bippie he is. He's hiding his session with you from his wife, etc. What is this world coming to.  

Take it easy, man. You're jumping to a LOT of conclusions here. First of all, I never said that I "know he's up to something because of his phone." I said I can determine what kind of phone a guy is using (whether it be a prepaid, an app, or an actual cell phone with a contract), and when I see that it's a prepaid phone or an app, it makes me uneasy.  

professionally maintained websites, graphic reviews of their sexual liaisons, and photos of their tits on the internet that are all viewable to the general public, then we can talk about mutual disclosure. Until then, I'll wear my "paranoia" badge with pride.  

An independent company who can provide a reputation summary for someone regardless of their phone number is likely the best companion for having a hobby number.  Or perhaps personal referrals.

This also works for providers who are "email only" until the client is verified, whereupon they exchange phone numbers for calls or texts, and then a client foolishly publishes the provider's number in a review.

but those reviews we write ARE graphic stories of our (alleged and fictional) sexual liaisons. And rather than perhaps helping our business, they can come back to bite us in the ass as well.  

Well done Numpty. I have been using the Hushed app for several months and it is more convenient and discrete for me. It allows me to call and receive text messages whenever I want, which is not the case with an another phone that has to be hidden.  I really don't want the risk and hassle of keeping a second phone and havin to explain it if it is discovered.

I don't use verification sites as sole screening tools. They're great for streamlining the reference process, but that's it. I'm not gonna get into the whole personal info debate again since it's been done ad nauseum, but you get the idea.

Screening doesn't help filter out the bad guys? I don't even know how to respond to that.

keeps providers safe.  Yes, not publishing her personal information if it comes our way...  but the biggie is keeping an irate SO from becoming the provider's worst nightmare.  Stalkling her, dropping a dime on her, targeting her business long after the husband has stopped seeing her.   You are taking (or not taking) my word for it...  you are takingthe word of the ladies who have asked client's to be careful because it happened to them.

Let me remind you what you said:

He did not say screening didn't help filter out bad guys. He said that no matter how much screening you do, there is still risk one db will sneak through.

I do not want to leave a paper trial for my SO to use against me. I also wonder if Hush track/link with your regular phone. I stopped using Google Voice when I found out it's doing that.

.."If I look up a potential client's number and it comes back as being a burner app or prepaid phone, my first thought is "this dude has something to hide." That is equal to saying "he is up to something" and your conclusion ( has something to hide) is based on what you found out about his phone.

I think that TT pays far too much attention to some of the other BSC gals.

It was purchased through the Google Play store using Wallet since I'm using an Android device.  Then I pulled the card off Wallet so there's no way to jam charges - yeah, I'm paranoid about stuff like that.

I've dated BSC and had them go after regular friends for a perceived relationship.  Hell, I've had one friend who nearly had to move after I helped with a water leak until a real plumber could fix it the following day.

When I say I won't accept a burner number, that's what I mean. The number. Granted, this isn't an issue I run into very often, but on the few occasions when someone has given me a burner number, I just say "hey can you give me a number that's attached to your name?" Every time that's happened, they've coughed up their own number. I'll contact them on the throwaway one if that's what they want (for room numbers or whatever). It's never been an issue.  

"We" all need to do what "we" feel is in our best interest to stay safe/discrete.

......I have no issue with accepting dates with gentlemen who have burner phones, as long as I can verify their place of employment, etc.  We all need to protect ourselves/family.  DC is a different animal on many levels, and if I find that a gentleman is using a burner phone, it is no different than me using one.  I have two, and one is for my other profession.

She does have a better screening method than the vast majority of gals.  You and I may not like it but her screening is more stringent in a particular method we both are well aware of. Doesn't work for me so I wouldn't bother her unless I change my mind. Must work for her as she hasn't changed her policy. And I guarantee you she knows who's walking in that door more clearly than 95% of other ladies.  

Normally I like to pile on, just for fun, but this is the Newbie Board and letting this thread simply die and fade away off the first page is fine with me.

I will say this thread sounded more like something that BadCollegeGirl would have said than TT, but let's just let it die.

You're welcome. I think. Now as Rod would say, I'm sure the 'board boys' will come after me but that's ok. I don't mind being a BSU on occasion.They're really good people and if you disagree with them once in a bit they seem to respect you for it. Sometimes.  

But then the whole 'bash her screening technique' took over yet again. Its old. I agree, it needs to die. Now.

I'll say this, and then I'll let it die....probably.  Tobi can screen however she likes,  but Doc Who is right. For her to say that her preferred way is how lots of other girls are screening is downright foolish. There might be other girls who won't take a burner phone....but I've NEVER had an escort turn me down for using a burner phone, and I've NEVER seen an escort say in her ad that as part of her screening requirements, burner phones are unacceptable. Tobi basically saying that many other providers screen like her is the point of contention, and is misleading to newbies. It's a stupid statement and she needed to be called out on it.  

I wasn't agreeing with her first comment about burner phones. Hence my comment above about GaG's comment about the late great dead 'Bad College Girl.' I was merely endorsing her decision to screen via client full name, real number etc etc etc. I don't think she would decline anyone for using a burner phone if all else checked out. I'd never give her my real name etc and would merely move on to another provider. THAT piece of the equation has been beaten to death here ad naseum. That was the point I was making. I've never ever had a gal tell me the number I gave her caused her to have an issue with me. If she did, she never at least gave me that excuse. I don't care and dwell on it forever. I just move on. I do agree with Doc 100% on the burner phone point.

Is it possible that I misunderstood you? Yes, but I doubt I did.  I think we agree. Tobi can screen however she wants....and in response to her chosen method of screening, which includes making Johns give up their real number, a john has the option of walking away, if he doesn't like her screening.  

Especially with your second and closing paragraphs. THAT said someone somewhere along this thread said Tobi (?) would refuse to see a guy with a burner being his sole red flag. She corrected that presumption. That was my major disagreement here. Other of course the usually sage Dr Who blasting her screening methods. Yet again. So she doesn't want MacDaddy walking in the door? For crying out loud who the fuck would? Other than Cosmo of course lol. So yes, we agree.

I'll never pass that shit up.