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Saturday, November 9, 2019
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Recently, we've noted a expose of complaints close Blogger commenting, inwards Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken
Some fourth dimension ago, nosotros observed that this precaution appeared to move unique to Blogger accounts which used Google as well as Google+ profiles - as well as did non involve Blogger profiles.
It appears that this is directly universal, as well as includes Blogger profiles, every bit good every bit Google / Google+ profiles. It's probable that the noreply e-mail addresses are beingness offered to continue to a greater extent than spider web log readers from, inadvertently, exposing their e-mail addresses to e-mail mining techniques.
In remembering the long agone discovered "nice blog" spam, it's possible that "nice blog" spam was originally developed to assistance the spammers get together e-mail addresses, using very innovative technique.
All that a spammer has to produce is to post a "nice blog" comment, choose "Email follow-up comments to me" - therefore picket every bit the Inbox fills upward amongst follow upward comments from bloggers, willingly giving upward their e-mail addresses to every stranger too selecting "Email follow-up comments to me", inwards that comment thread.
The people willingly providing their e-mail addresses, to the basis inwards general, are perfect targets for hackers afterwards trying to brute strength access to the Blogger accounts, starting from the provided e-mail addresses. Use of the "no-reply" e-mail address prevents this type of mischief - as well as reduces the workload of Google Security, every bit they would otherwise accept to verify employment organisation human relationship / spider web log integrity, for hacked accounts as well as blogs.
For fifty-fifty to a greater extent than protection (which is non a bad idea, inwards whatever case), see using Google 2-Step Verification, to protect your Blogger / Google account from hacking.
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.My comments all purpose a "noreply" e-mail address, instead of my actual e-mail address. How produce I accept people e-mail their replies to my comments?This appears to move 1 to a greater extent than mode which Blogger is trying to safeguard our Blogger accounts as well as blogs, from malicious, technically sharp spider web log thieves.
Some fourth dimension ago, nosotros observed that this precaution appeared to move unique to Blogger accounts which used Google as well as Google+ profiles - as well as did non involve Blogger profiles.
It appears that this is directly universal, as well as includes Blogger profiles, every bit good every bit Google / Google+ profiles. It's probable that the noreply e-mail addresses are beingness offered to continue to a greater extent than spider web log readers from, inadvertently, exposing their e-mail addresses to e-mail mining techniques.
In remembering the long agone discovered "nice blog" spam, it's possible that "nice blog" spam was originally developed to assistance the spammers get together e-mail addresses, using very innovative technique.
All that a spammer has to produce is to post a "nice blog" comment, choose "Email follow-up comments to me" - therefore picket every bit the Inbox fills upward amongst follow upward comments from bloggers, willingly giving upward their e-mail addresses to every stranger too selecting "Email follow-up comments to me", inwards that comment thread.
The people willingly providing their e-mail addresses, to the basis inwards general, are perfect targets for hackers afterwards trying to brute strength access to the Blogger accounts, starting from the provided e-mail addresses. Use of the "no-reply" e-mail address prevents this type of mischief - as well as reduces the workload of Google Security, every bit they would otherwise accept to verify employment organisation human relationship / spider web log integrity, for hacked accounts as well as blogs.
For fifty-fifty to a greater extent than protection (which is non a bad idea, inwards whatever case), see using Google 2-Step Verification, to protect your Blogger / Google account from hacking.
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