Has anyone else been asked for this as part of the screening process. I recently was - a "thumbs up" selfie to be precise.  

There are groups out there that have outed people in that manner. Once you attach your picture to your email, the risk increases by quite a bit. I will never tell a provider not to ask for info that she feels makes her safer but that doesn't mean I have to acquiesce to that request. There are many providers who will not ask for that pic but if that becomes the norm, I would leave the hobby as well.

I move along to the next provider. I never try to negotiate their screening requirements and I will never provide a selfie or pic of my ID. We're just not a match.

No way would I do that. While I understand safety, there is no reason she couldn't take your word for it about race. She could have just told you she'd meet you in the hotel lobby and if you didn't match her requirement she wouldn't make contact.

A blurred face selfie while holding a sign with a specific message she asks for would satisfy both requirements. (1) Your the guy communicating in the emails. (2) Your race (or at least your complexion).

Did she really think a black guy was going to show up and pretend to be white? I've done some crazy shit for pussy but pretending to be white ain't one of them.

I understand that her methods are just that -- her methods. She's entitled to ASK whatever she wants, but that doesn't mean I'm going to provide it.

show up at the incall, she can look through the peephole and if you are AA, she doesn't have to open the door.  

If I know in advance that she wants selfies or pictures of ID, I simply will not contact her. Asking for those is her prerogative, moving on to another provider is mine. No harm, no foul.  

The last 3 PS i've contacted who were advertising on eros have all responded with what seems to be a cut and paste response. All asking for a selfie and a picture of my DL. (Plus a few other asks like race, occupation, etc.). Either way, if a lady doesn't take P411, I move on. There must be plenty of guys willing to send that level of personal info or so many ladies wouldn't be asking for it, I'm just not one of them.

I definitely would NEVER send a selfie to prove I wasn't black

Right?  I've had some providers request a selfie when I tell them that I'm female. I guess if I leave my vagina home it might fool them  

They always claim that they will delete your info once you’re verified but that’s simply not true. They keep it just Incase you end up being a problem.  Like others have stated, who knows where your info will end up. If P411 isn’t good enough, then I move on.

I have posted this before, but I think it applies here.

Were the men arrested on the basis of their pics alone? That's wild.

I'm guessing that it hard to say it wasn't you with a selfie.  If you send hard evidence, expect to to show  up somewhere.  You can never really trust your information will be deleted.  As someone said earlier, I would put a line through the name, rather than under it.  Move on to the next.  Not worth the exposure.  I go with the ones that accept references.  What makes the difference whether your name is Mark, Matt or Mike.  A good reference is a good customer.  I'm not applying to e-harm0ny.  My safety is just as important, if not more to me.  Hard pass

I don't find anything showing up with a quick search of the web but that alone doesn't mean too much. Do you have some links to the story? All I found that talked about any number of johns getting swept up was reports about sting operations, not follow-ups on evidence found in some prior arrest.

Tbh I'm pretty skeptical as well. A provider can have a selfie and an entry on Brad Pitt, but it will be pretty tough to arrest him this way. Not impossible, but pretty damn tough and probably not worth the time.

Much of the evidence can be explained away in different ways. A random selfie can be copied from an Instagram account or a linkedin profile EXCEPT when it can be shown by forensics that the guy sent the selfie from his own phone, even if it's his hobby phone (discovered by search warrant).

Sounds like her neighbor set her up. Small towns are known for outting escorts. Otherwise the cops had no reason to. Everything I have is crypted or I dispose of. Lord's knows I would never want things to fall into the wrong hands  

Excuse me but it’s about more than just pussy  
I feel like time with me is to help The gentleman relax also

In these trying times that we are in right now with people getting ripped off and shit like that.......You got to be on your toes at every mark.  You never know who you're meeting up with.  

Pics and her ledger.

Weak evidence.  But most idiots are convicted based on NOT SHUTTING THE FUCK UP.  They confess.  They try to talk their way out.  Just shut the fuck up and let your lawyer do the talking.

You're absolutely correct except:
1.  Ashley Madison  
2. Blackmail
3. no personal information given is a better case

I had my second experience of a lady asking for a selfie today and that was the ONLY thing she asked for.

Ask her to send YOU a selfie...of her face