[OSM-talk] Maintaining privacy as a casual mapper

Maarten Deen mdeen at xs4all.nl
Mon Nov 4 11:55:37 UTC 2019


On 2019-11-04 12:40, Andy Mabbett wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 at 11:17, Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch> wrote:
> 
>> Am 04.11.2019 um 10:03 schrieb Maarten Deen:
> 
>> > the ToU says "You represent and warrant that the information you
>> > provide to OSMF upon registration and, at all other times, will be
>> > true, accurate, current, and complete"
> 
>> https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use#II._Privacy requires
>> you to keep your contact information (which is currently your e-mail
>> address) current. This is not really new as it was implied by doing 
>> away
>> with anonymous edits in 2007.
> 
> Good luck enforcing that for someone who hasn't edited for a decade or 
> more.

Which perfectly fits the editing habits of someone who uses throw-away 
email adresses on a regular basis...

Regards,
Maarten



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