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Date:      Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:11:05 +0100
From:      "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws>
To:        Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Security? [Re: Why is this Symbol in the front of your website. A humble request.]
Message-ID:  <CADGWnjVqFDcoYoA4m_B62yZe-xnpao0z=AxAiOQ06uCGfV9fDw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.1202250625020.24158@nber6>
References:  <CAJxq87TK=375mmQdhZAC7jqwyi1j9sE3t5NtTxMfcfTxCNo_Bg@mail.gmail.com> <4F47620D.24859.53F9A2B@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <868vjs8nto.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4F478D8B.31307.5E97C34@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> <CAHhngE2ccsdSOTV85bKTD7AEwRciaWcuFsg9m3Wp70icHJrvkA@mail.gmail.com> <4F486340.7040907@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <Pine.GSO.4.64.1202250625020.24158@nber6>

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On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org> wrote=
:
> An email address can be hidden from bots without violating section 508, f=
or
> instance:
>
> =A0feenberg is at nber dot org
>
> or some variant won't be picked up by a robot.

Most bots use some rather sophisticated regexp pattern
matching nowadays, including some primitive JavaScript
parsing to defeat the most popular JS-based obfuscations.
This one is very, very obvious and among the easiest ones
(including the "is" variation). You couldn't hide from them
this way.

-cpghost.

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Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/



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