Comments on: Teeny Font Spam http://www.semiologic.com/2005/02/26/teeny-font-spam/ Meaningful Technology Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:23:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Denis de Bernardy http://www.semiologic.com/2005/02/26/teeny-font-spam/#comment-75 Denis de Bernardy Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:09:47 +0000 http://www.semiologic.com/2005/02/26/teeny-font-spam/#comment-75 actually, it is very hard to detect. take search engines. they have serious trouble finding tiny-font spam and invisible text spam... to put things simply, there are as many ways to bypass simple detection rules as there are spammers. if it is properly done, the only reasonable way to discover tiny font spam in the end is to use character recognition algorithms on the screen such a spam produces. alternatively, you can read email as plain text. ;) actually, it is very hard to detect.

take search engines. they have serious trouble finding tiny-font spam and invisible text spam… to put things simply, there are as many ways to bypass simple detection rules as there are spammers.

if it is properly done, the only reasonable way to discover tiny font spam in the end is to use character recognition algorithms on the screen such a spam produces.

alternatively, you can read email as plain text. ;)

]]> By: Luca http://www.semiologic.com/2005/02/26/teeny-font-spam/#comment-74 Luca Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:50:31 +0000 http://www.semiologic.com/2005/02/26/teeny-font-spam/#comment-74 I think it would be very easy for a spam filter to catch this. An unreasonably small font is very easy to detect. I think it would be very easy for a spam filter to catch this. An unreasonably small font is very easy to detect.

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