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I feel like I should point out that if a script to recognize and fix those common patterns is that simple to create - its just as simple for a spammer/scraper t
by thecoffman 14y ago
I feel like I should point out that if a script to recognize and fix those common patterns is that simple to create - its just as simple for a spammer/scraper to create. This implies its probably not worth obfuscating your email in the first place....
- chetan51 14y agoAgreed. It's better to use something like reCAPTCHA Mailhide (http://www.google.com/recaptcha/mailhide/ http://www.google.com/recaptcha/mailhide/) to protect your email address.
- jazzychad 14y agoTrue, I'm not sure how effective such obfuscation is anymore, but for the thousands (millions?) of pages out there that will never be updated, at least this fix will save a few seconds per paste. At the very least it was a fun and satisfying hack.
- matznerd 14y agoI don't agree with that necessarily. As someone who used to scrape the web daily, I can tell you that most software doesn't have that level of sophistication...
- ibotty 14y agoi read a few days ago about a large-scale-y investigation about "obfuscated" and real email-addresses. it seems that it is better to just write me@example.com instead of me(at)example.com as you can find the second pattern through google queries while you won't find the first one. i.e. google is smart enough to not let scrapers use its index for easy listings.