[OSM-talk] Maintaining privacy as a casual mapper

[80hnhtv4agou at bk.ru]

I find myself being stalked by one 
mapper, (using the stalking tools,  WHODIDIT: 
 
OpenStreetMap Changeset Analyzer and  mapbox/osmcha)
 
who clams edit ownership over a 3,000 sq. 
mile bus system, who is at least 20 miles 
 
away from me, and i am on the ground 
mapping, (in my profile, shows mappers up to 
 
8 km away 4 + miles and not one of them is 
a mapper and have tried to friend me ?)
 
and sending me messages that i am 
wrong    and re editing every thing i 
do
 
in this catorry. 
 
i am on the standard map, iD (in-browser 
editor) and he appears to be in the transit map
 
which he has copied the routes from 
yahoo.
 
From: Maarten 
Deen
Sent: Sunday, November 3, 2019 5:15 AM
To: talk at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Maintaining privacy as a casual 
mapper
 
On 
2019-11-03 11:42, Philippe Latulippe wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> 
> I like to improve OSM casually, making small fixes as I use the map 
in
> my day-to-day life. However, doing so without any precautions 
would
> reveal a great deal of information about where I've been, since 
my
> edits cover exactly the places where I'm active. A look at my 
edit
> history would reveal where I live, where I work, where I've 
traveled.
> If last night I had added a detailed POI of a restaurant and 
nothing
> else, one could correctly assume that I was at that 
restaurant
> recently.
> 
> I've managed to protect my privacy 
somewhat by creating one account
> for every neighbourhood I want to map. 
This is time consuming and
> error prone, and it's held me back from 
making improvements to the
> map.
> 
> Are there better ways 
to maintain some privacy while editing the map?
> Are there some tools? Or 
is there a way to make edits in a way that
> doesn't reveal my username to 
regular users?

What do you use your OSM username for? Is there any reason 
not to create 
an anonymous username like anon65498?

I mean, sure your 
mailadres suggests your name is Philippe Latulippe and 
I can find some 
people with that name on the internet, but how do I know 
that is your real 
name and not an 
alias?

Regards,
Maarten

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