[SGVLUG] How fast spam spiders work.

[Tom Emerson]

On Monday 12 September 2005 20:52, serross at ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Sorry Tom, but what I am talking about is not scripted.

Hmmm... I may have snipped one too many "attribs" -- reviewing the thread, you 
only gave a hint that "incripters" that create "encripted links" exist 
[though I think you meant "encrypt"] and Douglas B. replied with "here is a 
site I use that does the work for you", followed by Mike M.'s similar 
example.  My comment is that if enough people start using javascript to 
obfuscate the page (so far as a spider is concerned) yet still "render" 
nicely, spammers will simply resort to tactics such as "rendering" the script 
to see if it reveals a viable address.

Though now I'm curious -- what method are you talking about that obscures 
things from spiders, yet reveals them "to a real person", and doesn't use 
some form of [java]script?  (and I'll ask in advance, "and how does it 
prevent a "spider" from deciphering an address?)

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