From 1958cf8af2bae660b85285ba7ea1f96ac8b9d20d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DavidCary Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 13:51:19 -0400 Subject: answer question, with reference. --- .../htmlscrubber_undoes_email_obfuscation_by_Text::Markdown.mdwn | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/bugs/htmlscrubber_undoes_email_obfuscation_by_Text::Markdown.mdwn b/doc/bugs/htmlscrubber_undoes_email_obfuscation_by_Text::Markdown.mdwn index 12018d517..99cc1964c 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/htmlscrubber_undoes_email_obfuscation_by_Text::Markdown.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/htmlscrubber_undoes_email_obfuscation_by_Text::Markdown.mdwn @@ -35,3 +35,11 @@ The relevant commits are on the master branch of [my "fork" of ikiwiki on Github > > It would probably be best to add an option to [[!cpan Text::Markdown]] to > let the email address munging be disabled. --[[Joey]] + + +Email obfuscation is very useful -- +in practice, spammers apparently don't use HTML parsers -- +according to the only published study I have read +( a 2003 study by the Center for Democracy and Technology cited by +https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_munging +). -- cgit v1.2.3