email adress gets mangled when copying from profile
by Orion Elenzil · in Site Feedback · 09/21/2009 (7:56 pm) · 3 replies
when you view someone's profile and highlight-and-copy their email address (if they have one),
the word "null" is inserted in the copied text right after the "@" symbol.
but don't take my word for it, try it yourself!
www.garagegames.com/account/profile/71623
or
www.garagegames.com/account/profile/40475
the word "null" is inserted in the copied text right after the "@" symbol.
but don't take my word for it, try it yourself!
www.garagegames.com/account/profile/71623
or
www.garagegames.com/account/profile/40475
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#2
perhaps it could be made more visually apparent ?
eg instead of foobar@nulltorquepowered.com, perhaps
foobar@_null_torquepowered.com ?
aren't spambots smart enough to recognize these simple obfuscations tho ?
another approach might be to convert the email to an image, and display that.
09/21/2009 (8:10 pm)
good point.perhaps it could be made more visually apparent ?
eg instead of foobar@nulltorquepowered.com, perhaps
foobar@_null_torquepowered.com ?
aren't spambots smart enough to recognize these simple obfuscations tho ?
another approach might be to convert the email to an image, and display that.
#3
09/22/2009 (6:03 am)
Doesn't happen in Safari. So spammers only need to use a Mac, and they're fine :)
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