Ask HN: Know of any tests running of email obfuscation methods?

2 points by JohnPlummer 14y ago ↗ HN

Silvan Mühlemann ran a test between 2006 and 2008 http://techblog.tilllate.com/2008/07/20/ten-methods-to-obfuscate-e-mail-addresses-compared/.

Has anyone seen anything more recent?

(I haven't so am starting my own http://www.johnplummer.com/js-html-and-css/email-obfuscation.html.)

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dholowiski 14y ago ↗

I don't even bother obfuscating email addresses any more. My spam filter handles it all for me.

JohnPlummer 14y ago ↗

I agree, it may well be a moot point. I am using gmail for the test and have stopped anything being sent to the spam folder. Anything the filter would have caught should still be labeled as spam though so I should be able to include that figure in any results.