Published 19 years ago • Last updated March 22, 2025 • ⏱️ < 1 min read
I've often protected my email address using techniques like [at] and (dot) but I've often thought how useless it is doing that technique. All over the Internet people think doing this makes their email address safe from spiders.
The following Google Dork provides a list of nearly 2 million emails that could easily spidered, Google even highlights some of the addresses in bold that matches the query. I spent a couple of seconds coming up with this Google dork.