[Tilesathome] Tilesathome Digest, Vol 3, Issue 17

[Russell Phillips]

On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 17:47 +0100, tilesathome-request at openstreetmap.org
wrote:

> But we're talking about map images here, and the worst thing that
> can  
> happen is someone defacing the map, which can be rectified quickly.  
> It is like a public forum where there's a danger of people posting  
> porn or inappropriate texts. It is like Wikipedia where you can  
> replace an article by a porn image anytime.

But many (most?) forums, wikis etc have some sort of anti-spam measure,
because if they don't, spammers will use bots to post *lots* of spam. I
used to be a moderator on a forum that didn't have anything to stop
spammers, and cleaning up after a spam attack was a major,
time-consuming task.

My concern, therefore, would be the prospect of spammers uploading spam
images. I honestly don't know if GPG signing would help prevent that or
not, but I'd suggest that having something in place to prevent it would
be a good thing.

Just my 2p-worth.

Russ