To me, this sounds like a great thing to display *over* OSM data, but not *in* it. It seems similar to geocaches, which have their own infrastructure for people discovering and reporting about them. ie http://www.geocaching.com/map/beta/
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Peter <pe...@haas-en-berg.nl> wrote: > Use linux, do an ls -lhA /media/drivelabel copy the file you need, > leave the rest untouched, unplug, done! > But browser vulnerabilities? Those usually get patched within the day, > right? > > 2011/1/6 <j...@jfeldredge.com>: > > Leaving USB thumb drives lying around, so that people will plug them into > a computer to find out what is on the drive, is a well-known means of > introducing viruses, key loggers, and other malware into systems that are > well-protected against malware coming in from the net. Several military > machines have been infected in this manner in the past, including some at > the Pentagon. I am not saying that the people organizing this dead-drop > network have malicious intent, just that it would be easy for a third party > to introduce malware onto the USB thumb drives thus used. So, be cautious > about which computers you plug such drives into. There are some viruses > starting to target Linux machines, mostly by attacking browser > vulnerabilities. > > > > -------Original Email------- > > Subject :Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - deaddrop > > From :mailto:rob...@elsenaar.info > > Date :Thu Jan 06 13:28:12 America/Chicago 2011 > > > > > > No, not the latest virus. You can share your favorite virus. > > > > -Robert- > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > From: j...@jfeldredge.com > > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 5:20 PM > > To: OpenStreetMap tagging mailing list > > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - deaddrop > > > > Sounds like a good way to catch the latest computer virus. > > > > -------Original Email------- > > Subject :[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - deaddrop > > From :mailto:ratzil...@gmail.com > > Date :Thu Jan 06 09:56:31 America/Chicago 2011 > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I've set up a proposal for deaddrop. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/deaddrop > > > > According to http://deaddrops.com/ (project's website) : > > > > " ‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing > > network in public space. USB flash drives are embedded into walls, > > buildings and curbs accessable to anybody in public space. Everyone is > > invited to drop or find files on a dead drop. Plug your laptop to a > > wall, house or pole to share your favorite files and data. Each dead > > drop is installed empty except a readme.txt file explaining the > > project. ‘Dead Drops’ is open to participation" > > > > Actually database is based on GMaps, I just want to add support of > > these usb spot in OSM. > > > > Regards, > > > > Gael > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > -- > > John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com > > "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly > > is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Tekst ingevoegd door Panda GP 2011: > > > > Als het hier gaat om een ongevraagde e-mail (SPAM), klik dan op de > volgende > > link om de e-mail te herclasseren: > > http://localhost:6083/Panda?ID=pav_1527&SPAM=true&path=C > :\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Panda%20Security\Panda%20Global%20Protection%202011\AntiSpam > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > -- > > John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com > > "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly > > is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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