<p>They're created when you login on the web site - they're not API that you're expected to use from a third party site, just as those images are not intended for use anywhere other than on <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org" rel="nofollow">www.openstreetmap.org</a> - they're an implementation detail of the web site and not something intended for use elsewhere.</p>
<p>Yes there's nothing stopping them being used elsewhere for public traces, but if you choose to make your traces private then they'll only be visible to you when you are logged in on osm.org.</p>
<p>As to why I closed the ticket, well there is no bug here so what else should I do? It's not meant to be unhelpful at all - I explained what was happening and under what conditions the images would be visible and then closed the ticket.</p>

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