[josm-dev] shocking - unsecure password sending!

[Valent Turkovic]

Hi,
I was amazed when my OSM username and password appeared on "Wall of 
Sheep" during the conference at which I was presenting OpenStreetMap 
project!

I was using JOSM only to download some data, and I wasn't aware that JOSM 
sends login data even when it is only downloading data and not sending.

The real shock was that my username and password were being send via 
clear text.

Can JOSM use https or some other secure way of logging into OSM?

Cheers from Croatia,
Valent.



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