but lets be honest, if there was a malicious entity that wanted to find out where he lived, an OpenStreetMap account isnt really a barrier to entry.
On Sun., Nov. 3, 2019, 6:31 a.m. Rory McCann, <r...@technomancy.org> wrote: > On 03.11.19 11:42, Philippe Latulippe wrote: > > Are there better ways to maintain some privacy while editing the map? > > Are there some tools? Or is there a way to make edits in a way that > > doesn't reveal my username to regular users? > > It might interest you to know that on the Geofabrik download server ( > https://download.geofabrik.de/ ), the public files don't have usernames, > user ids, or changeset ids, to preserve privacy. Some use cases need > this detail, which is available under stricter conditions with an > OpenStreetMap login account ( https://osm-internal.download.geofabrik.de/ > ). > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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