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Has Google Broken JavaScript Spam Munging?

Posted by kdawson on from the step-too-far dept.

Baxil writes "For years now, Javascript munging has been a useful tool to share email addresses on the Web without exposing them to spammers. However, Google is now apparently evaluating Javascript when assembling summary text for web pages' listings, and publishing the un-munged email addresses to the world; and spammers have started to take advantage of this kind service." Anyone else seen this affecting their carefully protected email addresses?

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  1. Re:*rolleyes* by repetty · · Score: 1, Troll

    Seriously, queue the obfuscation != security thing. If your email address is carefully protected, it is not displayed on a web page, obfuscated or not.

    Well, I'm glad you got that tiresome drivel out of the way. Hopefully no one else will post this type of statement.

    Of course you are right -- everyone knows that you are right. The most effective way to secure anything is to hide it away and never use it.

    That fact now out of the way, we can now proceed with productive discussions.

    --Richard

  2. Re:*rolleyes* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    CUE motherfucker, cue.

  3. Re:It's not google, it's the web developers by larry+bagina · · Score: 0, Troll

    frames suck like kathleen fent when you wave a hamilton in her face.

    --
    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.