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0 pointsmarwis2y ago0 comments

I always felt email obfuscation is just a cargo cult and the reduction in spam is only from improvements in anti-spam tech.

I never obfuscated my address and pretty much haven't seen spam since first days of Gmail. And very little even before then thanks to SpamAssassin.

Also raw email addresses can be easily harvested from git repos, mailing list archives and possibly other sources. A lot of technical people who chose to obfuscate likely posted to one such system at some point.

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aphid_yc2y ago

It is not a cargo cult if you use methods that are more difficult. Can a LLM figure this one out?

abc 132 pyrogenics dndex vufwd bocjz pogl

How about this one?

password vectorization collins 2019 64k little, clotured aerobrakings audiologically cumins ashpans amphibian acciaccatura alligated denunciates burnouts babbles briskier cimbaloms brahmanist adiposes bridgeboards

Obfuscation can be as obscure as you want it to be. If you invent your own no spammer will take the trouble to figure it out. Then again... not many readers will either.

marwisOP2y ago

Your examples are useless because humans would not understand them either.

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