I want to contribute more to OSM and I understand that changes need to be authored to prevent abuse. Is there any way to contribute (especially via "on-the-go" clients such as Street Complete) without essentially creating a public trail of my exact movements?

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[–] mapu@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It'd be quite hard to pinpoint your place of abode if you live in a mildly dense area, and you can always avoid doing noticeably more frequent/dense/intricate mapping centered around your house

As I said you can also delay the upload of changesets until you're back from vacation if it's only for a few days/weeks (as well as using different accounts for when you're away)

I also think someone analysing OSM changesets like that would be more trouble than it's worth and there's lower hanging fruit out there

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I agree, still good to have the discussion though

[–] mapu@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 days ago

Definitely! Privacy is a human right