[Tutor] fnord [the red queen and email disguising]

[Marc]

Danny Yoo (dyoo@hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu) wrote:

> We can't make the munging too hard: otherwise, would a human be able to
> decode it?  If you can strike a good balance between making it hard to
> extract for programs, but easy for humans --- and to do it
> programatically! --- a lot of people may name their next of kin after you.

Another option: make an image from the address.
The image can be rotated, blured, with variable fonts and colors.
Follow this link to have an idea:
http://imgcode.uol.com.br/YCA0R07PEtg5ME7VSCO8N1dQVQhIPAdX.jpg
It's an authentication key to enter in a chat room.
Each time you reload, you get a different image (same text for this code)
Easy read for humans, hard to computers.This was done to avoid automated
logins used for spammers. Worked very well, BTW.
Dont know about feasibility, tough. Maybe too cpu intensive to make an image
for each address.
One must be really mad at spammers to follow this path. :)

See ya.
.:: MarcoLinux ::.

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