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

[brad]

On 5/12/22 02:02, Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
> 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.
>
This is nice ivory tower talk.  There are way too many sensitive sites 
for the tribes, or the government to 'Secure'.
This is a tough issue though.  I generally agree that all trails should 
be mapped, but not so sure about everything.
I'm not commenting on this particular issue, I'm not local to that area, 
and don't know the details.