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If I understand Ilya correctly what he wants to avoid is (the hassle
of) the authorisation step when using OAuth. During this process you
need to login to openstreetmap.org with your credentials and then
confirm that the app is allowed to access the API on your behalf.<br>
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To see what is involved in practical terms you can try to use the
HOT task manager, maproulette etc (or on a mobile device Vespucci, I
assume Go Map! uses OAuth too, as any current third party app for
OSM should).<br>
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The authorisation is a one time process (per app) and as such I'm
not quite convinced that the whole discussion isn't a solution
looking for a problem, but Ilya is correct in that it does involve
the hassle of people remembering their google/FB/whatever password.
Naturally on a mobile device you want to minimize typing in any case
so I'm mildly in support of at least investigating what this would
entail (it is unlikely that we would use a proprietary solution in
Vepsucci though, on other devices and with other apps the trade-offs
might be different).<br>
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The above is a separate but related issue to making the signup
process "mobile friendly" see
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/894">https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/894</a>
for a longish discussion.<br>
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Simon<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 24.12.2015 um 15:58 schrieb Greg
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Ilya Zverev <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ilya@zverev.info"><ilya@zverev.info></a> writes:
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<pre wrap="">This can be made a part of a policy for allowing apps to use OSM
official social accounts.
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Can you explain what you mean by "OSM official social accounts"?
Perhaps it is just me that doesn't get it, but I am not following what
you really mean.
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