[OSM-talk] threats

[Johnny Doe]

--- SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:

> 
> The other thing is the claim that I am trying to
> stop anonymity. Given
> the flak/flames I took for not releasing everyones
> login details, their
> gps traces etc (the entire database)... 

I don't agree with Imi about the creation of a generic
anonymous account, but you should not pose yourself as

a privacy king here. You breach privacy by gathering
semi-open information like e-mails, ip addresses,
allowing transmission of passwords as cleartext, 
exporting edit information in quasi-realtime over RSS,
etc.
IMHO, your only business is authentication of data
submissions, and having a user's public RSA/DSA key is
enough. If it is good for the sourceforge CVS, why is
it not good for OSM ?


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