[OSM-talk] Why doesn't OSM implement a simple measure to protect it's users and passwords?

[John Smith]

2009/12/26 Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com>:
> That situation exists already. Nothing is stopping someone from signing up
> for thousands of accounts then using them all simultaneously.

And that would be easy to deal with, since the only edits would be
malicious if this is the intent, what about dealing with a mix of
malicious and non-malicious edits?

> No, I don't want to talk about lax bank security.

You brought it up.

>  Keep it relevant to OSM, thanks. I asked the specific question: is OSM
> security important?

But it is relevent, if encryption is so over rated why do other
methods of doing things on the internet are, and have been for a long
time been encrypted?

Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat their mistakes.