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

[Clay Smalley]

On Thu, May 12, 2022, 1:48 AM Anthony Costanzo <acjames28 at gmail.com> 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.
>

"Change the real world to reflect my map" is not a reasonable request. If
every Native American tribe were to construct fences and put up signs
around all their sensitive sites, they would be desecrating these sites
themselves, as well as revealing where they are and leaving them vulnerable
to desecration by others. This would not change the fact that culturally
sensitive information does not belong on OSM.

When someone adds personal information to OSM, we remove and redact it.
When someone uses a copyrighted source, we remove that as well. Would these
actions be considered censorship?

If so, I'm okay with censorship. Privileged tribal knowledge is not
suitable for adding to OSM, and adding it would likely cause legal problems
for us.

-Clay

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