[OSM-dev] Using OAuth

[Matt Amos]

On 8/31/09, Sven Anders <sven at anders-hamburg.de> wrote:
> Am Monday 31 August 2009 20:09:51 schrieb Tom Hughes:
>> Yes, we could create a special OAuth permission to allow the email
>> address to be revealed. It would have to be entirely separate however as
>> it's a very significant step to reveal it.
>
> I agree it is better to have special permission for this.

we could do it this way. but i'd prefer to have the users asking for
this feature, rather than the developers - it's their privacy we're
trying to safeguard.

>> What are you trying to do that requires the user's email address anyway?
>
> Send the user e-mail about street-lists changes.

what if the user wants those emails sent to a different address?

> Is the Displayname unique?

the display name is unique at any one time, but the user can change
it. this means it isn't good as a foreign key, which is why i'm going
to add the user ID to the user details ;-)

cheers,

matt