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<p class="MsoNormal_mailru_css_attribute_postfix" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 11pt">I find myself being stalked by one
mapper, (using the stalking tools, </font></font></font><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000"><em>WHODIDIT: </em></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal_mailru_css_attribute_postfix" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><em><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">OpenStreetMap Changeset Analyzer and
</font></font><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">mapbox/osmcha)</font></font></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal_mailru_css_attribute_postfix" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">who clams edit ownership over a 3,000 sq.
mile bus system, who is at least 20 miles </font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal_mailru_css_attribute_postfix" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">away from me, and i am on the ground
mapping, (in my profile, shows mappers up to </font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal_mailru_css_attribute_postfix" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">8 km away 4 + miles and not one of them is
a mapper and have tried to friend me ?)</font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal_mailru_css_attribute_postfix" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">and sending me messages that i am
wrong<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and re editing every thing i
do</font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal_mailru_css_attribute_postfix" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">in this catorry. </font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal_mailru_css_attribute_postfix" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">i am on the standard map, iD (in-browser
editor) and he appears to be in the transit map</font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal_mailru_css_attribute_postfix" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">which he has copied the routes from
yahoo.</font></font></p>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="mdeen@xs4all.nl">Maarten
Deen</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 3, 2019 5:15 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="talk@openstreetmap.org">talk@openstreetmap.org</a>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSM-talk] Maintaining privacy as a casual
mapper</div></div></div>
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<div style="font-size: small;text-decoration: none;font-family: "Calibri";font-weight: normal;color: #000000;font-style: normal;display: inline">On
2019-11-03 11:42, Philippe Latulippe wrote:<br>> Hello everyone!<br>>
<br>> I like to improve OSM casually, making small fixes as I use the map
in<br>> my day-to-day life. However, doing so without any precautions
would<br>> reveal a great deal of information about where I've been, since
my<br>> edits cover exactly the places where I'm active. A look at my
edit<br>> history would reveal where I live, where I work, where I've
traveled.<br>> If last night I had added a detailed POI of a restaurant and
nothing<br>> else, one could correctly assume that I was at that
restaurant<br>> recently.<br>> <br>> I've managed to protect my privacy
somewhat by creating one account<br>> for every neighbourhood I want to map.
This is time consuming and<br>> error prone, and it's held me back from
making improvements to the<br>> map.<br>> <br>> Are there better ways
to maintain some privacy while editing the map?<br>> Are there some tools? Or
is there a way to make edits in a way that<br>> doesn't reveal my username to
regular users?<br><br>What do you use your OSM username for? Is there any reason
not to create <br>an anonymous username like anon65498?<br><br>I mean, sure your
mailadres suggests your name is Philippe Latulippe and <br>I can find some
people with that name on the internet, but how do I know <br>that is your real
name and not an
alias?<br><br>Regards,<br>Maarten<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>talk
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