...I know, right, who the hell am I to think I should have an opinion about my personal safety?? Well thank you for being so gracious to "wait patiently for your {my} in depth description". Jeez, take the chip off your shoulder if you want to have a conversation. I actually ignored your claim that LE goes out his its way to NOT ask for info as a strategy to net more sting victims in the same way where you claimed to need my info in case you gave me an incurable STD. Still scratching my head on that one...rather than communicating thru whatever method we used to make the original arrangements, gonna send a certified letter to my home? Turn my info over to the CDC?
I simply think that LE NOT asking for PI is at best a red herring argument. Is there a single man out there that would think "hey, I just texted an Eros gal a photo of my DL for an appointment later in the evening, boy do I feel relieved she asked for that, now I'm sure she's not a cop!". I'm picturing a Monty Python skit where they decide to change official strategy and begin to ask for PI which will in turn now make the mongers will feel super safe walking up to the motel door with cash in one pocket and condoms in the other.
The most honest thing I can tell you is that the threat of getting outed/extorted outweighs the threat of arrest to such extent that LE concerns don't even register with me. This is coming from a guy who once was very young and stupid, picked up a too-good-looking girl for the neighborhood and got busted for it. Ignorantly, I asked her if she was a cop, she replied with "would a cop do this?" and pulled her shirt up and said you can look, but can't touch without paying. The judge slapped my hand and told me he'd better not ever see me again in his court. I told him he wouldn't, and I meant it. Wouldn't say it was the best thing that could have happened to me but it did curtail any desire of looking for walkers for sure. Spent many years after enjoying the massage scene of the neighboring St. Paul joints (different county) and eventually found TER. Operated successfully for many years after that.
I stepped away from TER for a time, my lady friends from the past had either retired or moved away from TER because of personal issues with the platform and/or members. It was a little difficult to come back "within the circle". There was a gal I really wanted to see and I could not come up with a recent referral option. She rec'd me to a FBSM provider who operated on the civvie side as well as the provider side. It cost a bit more but I still had a great massage. I was "vetted". Now I had a solid reference that led to other solids. For "local" fun, I operate within the TER community and generally stay away from non-TER providers, not by choice rather I jsut find plenty of wonderful option here so why bother with anywhere else.
There are many ladies that advertise a social meeting for a fee. This is completely legal. In fact, isn't this what most providers claim as the basis for their business model. If done in a public setting, it would be much safer compared to that of a monger with bad intentions using fake or stolen PI to be verified and meeting you in private. Sure, this could be a hassle for providers that are running appointments every 90 minutes and probably not practical for those types of gals. Maybe your next potential acquaintance takes you to lunch, hands you his ID, look at his FB/linkedin page from HIS phone. The info is verified but retained only in your memory. Not completely safe for him, but much better than potentially kept forever by you. I've met ladies who were completely fine doing this and in fact, one told me being taken out to lunch was a kind of a treat as it had been a while since she'd been on a real date where she could keep her clothes on after.
Trolling STG, Sumo, etc and making choices from only the ladies willing to take my PI is NOT going to improve my safety in any measurable amount. Giving my PI out will never protect me from an LE sting. EVERY contact I would give my PI too is a forever lasting contingent liability. It's only a matter of time before someone tries to turn the info into unearned revenue. As I explained before, human nature has most of us beginning on a path of good intentions. Some can maintain a high ethical code, others cannot. Third parties can intercede and create havoc. Personal struggles can derail a person's moral character and then the path of least resistance becomes the obvious choice. For every monger out there that is a bad actor, there's a provider that is as well. There will never be a time where this is a completely safe environment for both sides unless it's legalized and operated at the retail level.