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		dawnerd on Nov 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Email obfuscation rendered almost ineffective agai... Email scrapers are kind of an old thing when you can buy lists of real emails for dirt cheap. And thanks to all the data leaks you can even get them for free. No scraping required.

pixl97 on Nov 5, 2023 [–]

I mean it seems like two sides of the same coin. Scrapers findings will just get added to those email lists.

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