[OSM-talk] Maintaining privacy as a casual mapper

[80hnhtv4agou at bk.ru]

yes, 
 
it gets complicated in we are both in the usa and the standards appear to 
be coming from europe and Canada,
 
by the way the wiki’s are written, but you would think he would let me do 
my adds, where he has not been
 
instead of following me around and re editing me. since i am not on his 
transportation map.
 
From: Andrew Hain
Sent: Sunday, November 3, 2019 2:12 PM
To: 80hnhtv4agou--- via talk
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Maintaining privacy as a casual 
mapper
 
Have 
you talked to the Data Working Group about this?
 
--
Andrew
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From: 80hnhtv4agou--- via talk 
< talk at openstreetmap.org >
Sent: 03 November 2019 
16:47
To: talk at openstreetmap.org < talk at openstreetmap.org >
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Maintaining 
privacy as a casual mapper
 
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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