[OSM-talk] Re: privacy policy

[Russ Phillips]

On 27/07/06, Immanuel Scholz <immanuel.scholz at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > Requiring log-ins doesn't eliminate spam, but it does help to keep it
> > down.
>
> We have an XML interface speaking a custom and hand-made API. In my
> experiences, that should be enough protection against all current
> spam-bots.
>
> If someone pick this OSM - API as spam target, then it makes absolutly no
> difference, whether he has to do a login registration before or not,
> except that we will have more problems removing the bogus account
> afterwards.
>
>
> IF we REALLY get spammed, we could introduce captchas for the anonymous
> account contribution and login registration.
>
> Ciao, Imi
>
> PS: I did not wrote to ML, because you didn't. If it was by mistake, you
> may forward my mail too ;)

It was by mistake :-/ Hence I'm forwarding Immanuel's e-mail (above)

Russ