I would still obfuscate the email addresses in the data attribute. I tend replace the @ with a character double backslash (e.g., andycouch\\ gmail.com). That way even if JavaScript wasn't available, it's still human readable, but doesn't look like an email address to bots.
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Rob Lifford <[email protected]> wrote: > What's the state of the art on email scraper bots these days? Are they > still pretty much just looking for mailto:links in the raw source, before > any JS execution? Anyone think it's OK to stash email addresses in an HTML5 > data attribute and then use JS to build mailto links wherever those data > attributes are found? > > Rob > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
