Hi, MP wrote: >> But as I said before, I don't currently consider OSM accounts to be a >> valuable asset. I have many of them and should one be compromised then >> I'll create another. Any account created anonymously from the web page > > They are not very valuable, but once someone start vandalising "in > your name", they will blame you...
Even now someone could create an OSM account with the name "Frederik_Ramm" and use this to vandalise. > Also there is some stuff tied to your account (list of friends, diary > entries, uploaded GPX traces - I don't use these, but some people do > .... then there are settings, watched OSM elements ....) > And that stuff can be somewhat valuable for some people. Mh. I forgot that OSM now is a social networking platform. Yes, I believe people are already using the messaging system to write love letters to each other. If we are trying to be an e-mail system then it is probably true that we have to be as secure as one ,-) Bye Frederik _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list josm-dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev
