On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 17:55:49 +0900, Sacha Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> JM Ibanez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Unfortunately, there is evidence that spambots have gained in
> > 'intelligence' (if one may call it intelligence), and can interpret
> > or somewhat be able to decode text-spoofed email addresses-- hence
> > the 'last resort' of using images and/or JavaScript encoding.
>
> Bah. Then let them decode said text-spoofed e-mail addresses. We're
> the only ones suffering from this arms race as the Internet becomes
> harder to use. ;) For the record, I don't mind simple CAPTCHAs, but
> (a) sometimes the image versions are so distorted I can't read them,
> (b) sometimes the implementation is just plain buggy, and (c) the
> audio version usually sucks.
>
> I still hold that obfuscation is relatively useless unless you're
> _really_ sure that your e-mail address will never be posted anywhere
> in public. <laugh> That means making sure _everyone_ who knows your
The problem is, of course, the fact that the majority of Internet
sites need your email address in one way or another. So, you can't
really live in a connected world without your email address being made
public in one way or another. Hence, the arms race against spam.
> have it _somewhere_) won't get compromised. <shrug> Bit of a long
> shot, isn't it?
Almost, but who knows? History has a lot of cases where 'long shots'
were actually successful. ;)
> Arms race. Bleah. <laugh>
Recently seen on fortune (How apt):
"If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is
make the rubble bounce"
-- Winston Churchill
*grins*
> I'd say that accessibility is more important than spam, and shouldn't
> be left as something to "fit in".
True, but spam has the nasty feature of decidedly making stuff
inaccessible. (The possible examples are left to the reader)
> I'm probably just spoiled by Jijo's excellent spam-handling, the
> ability to do really funky scoring and filtering on my computer, and
> the calm assurance that mail was never meant to be a lossless medium
> anyway.
Ah, but we the unwashed masses do aspire for such a pinnacle of
enlightenment as yours. ;)
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