What Firebug shows you is the objects in the browser's memory, rendered in a way that looks like "source" code. So if there is some javascript that runs in the page and changes the value of the element you will see the new value in Firebug.
I don't know if spambots are smart enough to execute javascript... mc On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Net Ingenuity <[email protected]>wrote: > I have an email address (on a few pages) testing how to encrypt the > address. I have two instances of using javascript and one using > Character Entities. There is no visible email address in the source > code. But if I display the email address element in Firebug 1.5.4, it > displays the full address in the mailto in the code. Does this mean > that the email address is not safe from spambots? Or is Firebug > showing me the effect of the encoding and not what spambots will see? > Any suggestions for making an email address encrypt securely? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Firebug" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<firebug%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
