on Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 12:41:16PM -0400, Jeff Elkins (jeffelkins@earthlink.net) wrote:
> On Friday 17 October 2003 11:59 am, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> >> Not to mention, swen harvests addresses from usenet, not the web archives
> >>(or so I'm told).
>
> I haven't seen these reports. Even if so (and I'm not doubting you),
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/swen.shtml
> I'd wager that scraping web pages for addresses is more prevalent than
> spammers trolling usenet or listservs for victims.
In the case of Swen, you'd lose your bet.
> Personally, I don't see web obfuscation as a huge loss or as a
> violation of debian principles. It would close a gaping hole, and
> probably harm no one (except spammers).
Then munge your address.
Realize, however, that your "security" is lost the second someone
manages to post it. I prefer locking down my systems against the crud,
but keeping my address available.
Peace.
--
Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
Don't suspect your friends -- turn them in!
-- "Brazil"
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