[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Ideas for combating vandalism (Issue #4818)

[Nickolas Gupton]

> > > The editing app can be easily faked, as it has happened before. You could pretend to be iD and still do large scale changes.
> 
> > The changeset tags for the app maybe, but wouldn't the 'Client ID' for the app be harder? That would require changing and building from source wouldn't it?
> 
> No. Even in the browser editor iD this is a mouse click away and freely changeable:

Thats not at all what I am talking about though, I'm talking about the Client ID that the editor uses to identify itself to the OSM API. While this is still something that can be changed, it would require rebuilding the application from source which is adding a higher barrier to entry for these vandals. Sure it won't stop a persistent vandal, but it would make them need to work a bit harder for it and I'd imagine some would probably just give up if its too much work to be worth it for them.

![image](https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/assets/5573038/60a4f526-afbd-4bb4-a060-a16d9aa0bc5c)

https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/blob/develop/config/id.js#L14

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