[OSM-talk] HTTPS all the Things (Automated Edit)

[Jmapb]

On 2/26/2019 10:58 AM, Michael Reichert wrote:
> Hi Bryce,
>
> Do you have any safeguards against POIs which do not exist any more and
> whose domains are owned by domain sellers now? They often have a very
> basic website with a message like "This domain is for sale." and some
> advertisement. I would not be surprised if they support HTTPS (and maybe
> HTTPS only) these days. Update website=* and similar tags would not be a
> benefit to OSM but simulate some kind of up-to-dateness.
>
> Best regards
> Michael

Good point -- I've seen a fair number of these, though I can't say for sure if any of them have been redirecting to https. If they're not yet, though, they will soon, now that free trusted certs are widely available.

When the URL in question is still present on the POI's signage, I've been changing website= to disused:website= for these (and for the 404s etc.)

Jason