[Talk-us] Removal of sensitive data in East Bay Regional Park District, CA

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On 5/11/22 20:34, Anthony Costanzo wrote:
> While I understand the concerns expressed on this matter, I do not 
> believe intentional censorship is consistent with the principles of a 
> free open source project, well-intentioned as it may be. I also do not 
> believe this to be a proper means of protecting sensitive areas, because 
> security through obscurity is not security. If the authorities 
> responsible for these sites wish to restrict access to them, let them 
> fence them off, put up signs, etc. It is not our responsibility as 
> mappers to obscure publicly available information. It IS our 
> responsibility as mappers to objectively and thoroughly document the 
> world as it exists.
> 
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+1

If security is the problem, censorship isn't the answer. Securing the 
sites in question is the answer.

Point of order: it's a bit of a stretch to call this an "open source" 
project, as we're not developing software, but updating a dataset.

-- 
Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at rushpost.com>