I was talking in deep in the weed OSM signal group and apparently its a split between the address data not being present, and OrganicMap / CoMap being bugged.
The way to triage is asking nominatim, the geocoder from OSM. If it can resolve : its on the client side, if not, its a data problem.
I'm just parroting here. Happy to learn more.
This is THE only issue I have with those OSM client ( I don't care about traffic )
My original quote use active verbs like "pushing", and is describing action I'm taking. That does not fit the definition of fatalism
And yeah, I found you cute in your naive view of how politics work."just get in there man"
But I take it back, you are mostly repeating thing back at me and not engaging in this conversation. Not cute, boring.
Conversation is about swapping ideas. And I've been waiting for those, I'm still unclear on where you stand. Beside sounding vaguely offended? Maybe ? Hard to tell via text.
Where do I exhort to fatalism?
That would mean : "there is nothing to be done, why bother"
Let's not turn the table here, I'm the one with a hobby of parsing system logs from surveillance system to prove that police forces are abusing it.
That's not exactly the definition of "letting fate decide". I'm taking action to support my beliefs . To both society and the legal system of our country.
What you might have confused with fatalism is my bleak view on our elected officials. I do have low esteem of them.
But I don't think that all elected official are bad. I think they mostly stay too long in power and end up clinging to it, and, yes, getting corrupted in the process.
That last part often bring gasp and shock. But we have to come to term with it: as you stated, no humans are angel, and our elected official have problems.
Nothing that could not be fixed with the right amount of accountability.
Oh,there is a constitutional basis to what we're doing.
The 4th amendment regulate searches and seizure.
I would like the government bodies that have to follow the constitution to respect that.
When Flock track movement at scale, when skydio film with uncanny accuracy, when Leonardo build a unique id from your devices. This is infringement. ( See : kyllo vs USA )
I'm playing by the rules of democracy here. And yet you want to explain to me that democracy is hard and compromise frustrating.
Yes, I know! And I'm not asking for another system. I'm asking for accountably, transparency in decision, and actual representation of the voters.
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I've talk a lot. Do you think there is a problem in 2026 with local laws enforcement buying military grade surveillance services from private company without oversight ?
Or is it normal ? Maybe I should just chill and pick another hobby. Who care after all? Our leaders know better, I should trust them, their will be no abuse! Not here.
It's my hobby! some people like 3d printing or trolling on the internet.
I like to prevent my city council to implement more surveillance and expose how cosy they are with the companies selling said surveillance.
>So you accomplished all these things and yet the country is broken
Yes. Those things are meaningless in the face of 3 letter agency capability or broad stroke regulation like FISA (recent big win by the folks at RT4 there, normies have not heard of it but those people did a great job at influencing republican politician )
> Did you not get everything you wanted fast enough? How sad :(
I mostly want privacy, for myself and the people who seek it.
I don't find that too much to ask in a country that is fast to point the finger at China "dystopian level of surveillance"
10 years is a sizeable slice of life. Their was some progress and wins. And those days the zeitgeist is on our side.
By the company selling the product our cities are buying. In 2026, skydio DFR drones are a common example of blurry boundaries. Flock is another. Elected official "retiring" in the private sectors is common.
I'm engaging in the Democratic process. Are you ? Beside voting once a year ?
> If the government tells big businesses "You can't use it" most of their users are automatically left unprotected for most of their activity.
Absolutely. That's our near future. What does not scale in concern citizens and encryption hobbyist still choosing to use encryption from end to end?
If the US government make THAT illegal and actually enforce it.( djb style, like in the 90s ) Then I hope that technical folks would recognized that the Rubicon has been crossed.
I should have clarify, I'm part of a local group, itself part of a network of groups.
We don't do politics, we do privacy and security advocacies. It means we work with DSA, MAGA, Libertarian.
Allies that normie would known: ACLU, EFF. I talk with those folks weekly. (they talk a lot, themselve )
>There's more to politics than just going to town hall meetings or sending emails or making phone calls!
I should have clarify that I despite those circus so much that its our last resort. Its when we need to get them on the recort saying something. 1on1 meeting are always more productive.
> if you can get a local government agency to officially back you up, all the better.
I should have clarify sorry: I live in the US. That seems unlikely, to say the least.
I'm part of org working with ACLU, EFF and actual more important and active orgs that would would not know about.
When I go to city council, its with 50 other peoples and 4 or 5 other speakers.
Its when we need to have our representative on the record.
Me and other folks in that loose network of org have forced our city to pass regulations, have our police force admit they use surveillance without oversifht, and expose their poor security practice overall.
Good luck in your comfort that your country is not broken
Have you been to a city council meeting lately ? Ever?
I'm trying to push for surveillance regulation where I live. I'm there monthly.
Calling your representative is the best way to realise that they don't give a fuck.
Yesterday I was editing a clip of one of them lying overtly.
It will be a minor inconveniences.
what we call democracy is a dog and ponies show.
So maybe cryptography is not that ridiculous, after all
The US is already behind and has been technically. Can't wait for that part to sink in.
This start to be a source of second hand embarrassment when I see US folk think their country is still leading the race technically.
So nice to be able to do that locally and just send a .gpx file