logoalt Hacker News

kridsdale1 • yesterday at 7:11 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

My solution to this spam is that I changed one letter in my LinkedIn name to a Unicode that looks like a letter but isn’t (think math symbol, etc).

If I get email or a message that includes that character, it proves software sent the message and it wasn’t typed by a human.


Replies

skeeter2020 • yesterday at 7:48 PM

you're using the domain-typo squatting trick for good - kudos!

umeshunni • yesterday at 7:44 PM

Won't that also block anyone who copy-pastes your name? I often copy paste names so that I don't make typos.

➕ show 1 reply