[OSM-talk] Accountability

[Emil]

I think some people here misunderstand where privacy concerns are appropriate.

Doctor's records: there's a big privacy issue here. Same with
insurance companies records. Etc.

Now, OSM accepts _voluntary_ contributions from people. If you are at
all interested in keeping your movements secret, why on earth are you
recording them with a GPS and uploading them to an open project??

I think we need to think about ACCOUNTABILITY. If people upload GPX
points, I want to see who uploaded them. Not the actual names and
addresses or anything, a pseudonym is fine - but I want to have some
idea who to hold responsible.

The way I see it is that some people have got their knickers in a
twist about privacy and think that this trumps everything else. So I'd
like to turn things around and focus on accountability:

* Why should people expect to be able to contribute to OSM and not be
in any way accountable for their contributions???

Now, I realise some people will disagree with this. I just want to put
my view across.

Emil