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A lot of comments recommend just putting an email on the contact page, which I agree is nice. Related question: do good, privacy-preserving, cookie-less altern
by alex_suzuki 11mo ago
A lot of comments recommend just putting an email on the contact page, which I agree is nice.
Related question: do good, privacy-preserving, cookie-less alternatives to reCAPTCHA exist?
- dicethrowaway1 11mo agoFor email, I've had some luck just modifying the page with JS that's either indirect or obfuscated enough that the address can't be pulled directly from it - e.g. "var email" is the address encrypted with a fixed key, the JS decrypts it and then alters the HTML. It can obviously be bypassed by using a JS runner, but it seems to be enough of a hurdle that few spammers bother. "You don't have to outrun the bear", as it were.
- alex_suzuki 11mo agoNice. It's a pretty low-traffic site, so something that doesn't require an external service but is still capable enough to defeat 90% of spammers sounds like a good compromise. I imagine drawing the email address to a canvas instead of a textual HTML element could be more effective, alas not accessible.
- foxglacier 11mo agoI have my email in plain text on every page of my site. I get about 1 spam per day that I see in my inbox on Gmail. I suppose Gmail filters even more silently. It's been working fine for over a decade. Is there some scale of site popularity where it becomes a problem?
- Biganon 11mo ago> do good, privacy-preserving, cookie-less alternatives to reCAPTCHA exist I implement a custom proof-of-work algo in JS. Not very eco-friendly, but then again captchas are not disabled-people-friendly, so pick your poison I guess.