[OSM-talk] Neat use of OpenStreetMap

[Robert Kaiser]

Michał Brzozowski schrieb:
> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 9:54 PM, Robert Kaiser <kairo at kairo.at> wrote:
>
>> Also, I really, really hope my access point will not get into any really
>> open-to-everyone database because I don't want people to follow me around by
>> database request when I'm moving somewhere and don't want to be easily
>> found.
>
> So, there's industry standard way to do this, add _nomap to your SSID.
> Or just don't broadcast SSID whatsoever.

But I'm fine with those recording it that do not make it available for 
download by everyone.

> As the saying goes, "wadriving is not a crime". If you transmit
> anything into the public air, and people receive that just as intended
> (that is no packet sniffing). you can't legally do anything about it.

Making your movements available publicly is a privacy invasion, no 
matter if it's legal or not. A lot of privacy invasions are legal (like 
the NSA recording all European Internet traffic when it enters the USA), 
but that doesn't make them good or right.

KaiRo