+1 both James & Michal's comments. Thanks Michal for bringing up this undiscussed topic to the mailing list.
*~~~~~~* *Denis Carriere* *GIS Software & Systems Specialist* On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 3:42 PM, James <james2...@gmail.com> wrote: > What Michal said. Any body can download the OSM data and run the same > analysis. You agreed to contribute to OSM, if you want your online > footprint to be non-existant: unplug your internet. > > On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Michał Brzozowski <www.ha...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Many know Pascal Neis' site HDYC which displays detais about an OSM >> user, like first created node, activity area, edit stats and so on: >> >> http://hdyc.neis-one.org/ >> >> Today to view any stats of a user you have to login with OSM. >> Pascal replied to me that this is related to this discussion on the >> German users forum: >> >> https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=57813 >> >> I don't like the idea how this was never introduced and discussed >> outside of the German forum. >> I think that such "privacy" measures are futile and go against the >> spirit of OSM - transparency. >> >> Maybe this is due to some "moral panic" in Germany revolving around >> privacy, just like StreetView ban - except it's made clear that your >> edits are public and you agree to it! >> >> Michał >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> > > > > -- > 外に遊びに行こう! > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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