[issue32177] spammers mine emails from bugs.python.org

2019-05-14 Thread SilentGhost
SilentGhost added the comment: Meta tracker hasn't been available for a while but the issues can be reported at https://github.com/python/bugs.python.org/issues -- nosy: +SilentGhost resolution: -> third party stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed type: security -> ___

[issue32177] spammers mine emails from bugs.python.org

2017-12-01 Thread Brett Cannon
Brett Cannon added the comment: We don't sell any information to anyone. If you would like to file a bug to have email addresses obfuscated more then the correct place to file that is http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta . Obviously any help in updating the code would be appreciated a

[issue32177] spammers mine emails from bugs.python.org

2017-11-30 Thread Jörn Hees
Jörn Hees added the comment: oh, how convenient... as a logged in user i can just see every other user's email... but there's more, I can just go to https://bugs.python.org/user?@startwith=0&@pagesize=3&@sort=username and see all "obfuscated" emails. A low hanging fruits approach very lik

[issue32177] spammers mine emails from bugs.python.org

2017-11-30 Thread Jörn Hees
New submission from Jörn Hees : On every platform that i create an account on, i use a new randomized email address. This allows me to track which platforms sell my account info to spammers. The one i used for bugs.python.org now receives astonishing amounts of spam (mostly bitcoin spam atm).