Public databases for identifying and mapping plants and birds have had to rebuild infrastructure to hide specific locations of endangered species from poachers (April Glaser/Slate)

April Glaser / Slate:
Public databases for identifying and mapping plants and birds have had to rebuild infrastructure to hide specific locations of endangered species from poachers  —  Our enthusiasm for sharing birds, plants, and superblooms has unintended consequences.  But we can use the same tools that made the problem to fix it.

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