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Genuine question, what exactly is the security problem here? It’s a set of basic techniques to find where a photo was taken. I have a hard time envisioning an
by brmgb 3y ago
Genuine question, what exactly is the security problem here?
It’s a set of basic techniques to find where a photo was taken. I have a hard time envisioning an actual new issue here.
Obviously, people shouldn’t post pictures of things they don’t want other people to see or know (like where you live if you don’t want people to know that) but that was already true before people could easily mine Openstreet map data.
- jokoon 3y agoOverpass is not just "mining OSM data", overpass is quite an extremely efficient language and system plugged to a GIS database, that can be used to find a lot of things. Those things could be used by robbers or any other kind of people who browse photos online. Now, of course it depends on people handling their data straight, but since the internet is mostly used as a place where people share anything to the public, I still believe it's a bad combination of problems waiting to happen.
- brmgb 3y ago> Overpass is not just "mining OSM data", overpass is quite an extremely efficient language and system plugged to a GIS database, that can be used to find a lot of things. I think I’m lost here because what you are describing is exactly the meaning of mining openstreet map data. That’s the GIS database they use.
- jokoon 3y agothere is a difference between OSM data and a mining tool