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The fuck off contact page

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484 points OuterVale | 1 comments | 08 Dec 25 08:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.193s | source
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alex_suzuki ◴[08 Dec 25 13:04 UTC] No.46191741[source]▶
A lot of comments recommend just putting an email on the contact page, which I agree is nice.

Related question: do good, privacy-preserving, cookie-less alternatives to reCAPTCHA exist?

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dicethrowaway1 ◴[08 Dec 25 13:23 UTC] No.46191927[source]▶
For email, I've had some luck just modifying the page with JS that's either indirect or obfuscated enough that the address can't be pulled directly from it - e.g. "var email" is the address encrypted with a fixed key, the JS decrypts it and then alters the HTML.

It can obviously be bypassed by using a JS runner, but it seems to be enough of a hurdle that few spammers bother. "You don't have to outrun the bear", as it were.

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1. alex_suzuki ◴[08 Dec 25 13:31 UTC] No.46192022[source]▶
Nice. It's a pretty low-traffic site, so something that doesn't require an external service but is still capable enough to defeat 90% of spammers sounds like a good compromise. I imagine drawing the email address to a canvas instead of a textual HTML element could be more effective, alas not accessible.