For the record, I do not think it is a good idea to share location using
HTTP, it should always be HTTPS. There are too many privacy concerns.
@vshcherb says he plans on adding HTTPS to osmand.net, so that will be good
once it happens.
osm.org is the official short URL for OpenStreetMap, with proper HTTPS
coming soon. openstreetmap.org is the temporary short URL since it already
supports HTTPS.
In order to maintain privacy when sharing location, this changes the shared
location link to use HTTPS, thereby hiding the location info from anyone
who might be snooping on the WiFi, ISP, internet, etc.
Unfortunately, http://osm.org does not yet work with HTTPS, but the
standard OSM URLs are short enough to fit into a text message. They are
planning on supporting https://osm.org in the future:
https://github.com/openstreetmap/operations/issues/2
fixes this stacktrace:
StrictMode E A resource was acquired at attached stack trace but never released. See java.io.Closeable for information on avoiding resource leaks.
E java.lang.Throwable: Explicit termination method 'end' not called
E at dalvik.system.CloseGuard.open(CloseGuard.java:184)
E at java.util.zip.Inflater.<init>(Inflater.java:82)
E at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.<init>(GZIPInputStream.java:96)
E at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.<init>(GZIPInputStream.java:81)
E at net.osmand.plus.download.DownloadOsmandIndexesHelper.downloadIndexesListFromInternet(DownloadOsmandIndexesHelper.java:112)
E at net.osmand.plus.download.DownloadOsmandIndexesHelper.getIndexesList(DownloadOsmandIndexesHelper.java:38)
E at net.osmand.plus.download.DownloadIndexesThread$1.doInBackground(DownloadIndexesThread.java:377)
E at net.osmand.plus.download.DownloadIndexesThread$1.doInBackground(DownloadIndexesThread.java:373)
E at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:288)
E at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
E at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112)
E at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587)
E at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:841)
Some networks require a proxy to get internet beyond the firewall, and
proxies are also useful for channeling all traffic through circumvention
and privacy proxies like Tor, I2P, Psiphon, etc. In places where the
connection to download tiles might be blocked, using a proxy can give the
user access.
To increase user privacy, especially with traffic that includes sensitive
information like location and tracking markers, HTTPS should be used
whenever possible. It seems that HTTPS is broken for a lot of sites on
versions older than android-10/Gingerbread, so HTTPS is not used on those
old platforms.
