Comments on: Spammers Harvesting Sorrow From Twitter http://www.lockergnome.com/web/2009/05/13/spammers-harvesting-sorrow-from-twitter/ Technology News, Reviews & How-To Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Chris Pirillo http://www.lockergnome.com/web/2009/05/13/spammers-harvesting-sorrow-from-twitter/#comment-18854 Chris Pirillo Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:33:00 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/web/?p=3816#comment-18854 Okay? Okay?

]]> By: Carl http://www.lockergnome.com/web/2009/05/13/spammers-harvesting-sorrow-from-twitter/#comment-18853 Carl Mon, 18 May 2009 16:07:22 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/web/?p=3816#comment-18853 Old news, new media. If you leave things in public places, they get picked up by whoever wants them. Twitter is a public place. Old news, new media.

If you leave things in public places, they get picked up by whoever wants them. Twitter is a public place.

]]> By: Scott - Beyond Coding http://www.lockergnome.com/web/2009/05/13/spammers-harvesting-sorrow-from-twitter/#comment-18852 Scott - Beyond Coding Mon, 18 May 2009 02:28:50 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/web/?p=3816#comment-18852 It's no different to putting your email address anywhere on the web really. The my (at) address (dot) com type stuff will work for the majority of spam harvesters, but not for all.. No reason why Twitter couldn't automatically obfuscate any email address it detects. A nice mix of plain text with javascript rewriting will get you to 99% protection :) It’s no different to putting your email address anywhere on the web really. The my (at) address (dot) com type stuff will work for the majority of spam harvesters, but not for all..

No reason why Twitter couldn’t automatically obfuscate any email address it detects. A nice mix of plain text with javascript rewriting will get you to 99% protection :)

]]> By: Spammers taking twitter newbies to the junk mail folder. | The Black Tech Report http://www.lockergnome.com/web/2009/05/13/spammers-harvesting-sorrow-from-twitter/#comment-18851 Spammers taking twitter newbies to the junk mail folder. | The Black Tech Report Thu, 14 May 2009 14:38:55 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/web/?p=3816#comment-18851 [...] over my friendfeed today I came across a post from Lockergnome that simply said “Spammers Harvesting Sorrow From Twitter“. The post talks about how spammers could be harvesting email addresses directly from your [...] [...] over my friendfeed today I came across a post from Lockergnome that simply said “Spammers Harvesting Sorrow From Twitter“. The post talks about how spammers could be harvesting email addresses directly from your [...]

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