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(You can right-click your mouse on it though, and save it to your computer.)
In case you wonder why weβre only giving our Email Address in a βjpgβ format, It is solely for Safety Reason. Including an Email Addresses or Phone Numbers in Plain Text on a Website can lead to Several Issues:
1.Β Spam and Unsolicited Contact
- Spam Emails: Automated bots crawl websites looking for email addresses to add to spam lists. This can result in a significant increase in unwanted emails.
- Spam Calls and Messages: Similarly, phone numbers can be harvested by bots, leading to an increase in spam calls and text messages.
- Contact Form Bots: Automated bots crawl websites looking for contact forms, using Automated Programs, they canΒ fill them and send Spammy Ads.
2.Β Privacy Concerns
- Personal Information Exposure: Displaying personal contact information publicly can compromise privacy. It makes it easier for anyone to contact or harass individuals.
- Identity Theft: Malicious actors could use email addresses or phone numbers as starting points for more sophisticated identity theft schemes.
3.Β Security Risks
- Phishing Attacks: Visible email addresses can be targeted in phishing attacks, where attackers attempt to trick individuals into revealing sensitive information.
- Hacking Attempts: Publicly available contact details can be used to launch social engineering attacks, aiming to deceive individuals into providing confidential information or access to systems.
4.Β Professional Image
- Unprofessional Appearance: Having contact details openly displayed might be perceived as unprofessional, especially for businesses. It can also make the website appear less secure and trustworthy.
Alternatives
- Obfuscation Techniques: If contact details need to be displayed, using techniques like JavaScript obfuscation or displaying them as images can help reduce the risk of bots harvesting them.
- Social Media and Messaging: Encouraging contact through social media or messaging platforms can help protect direct contact information from being easily accessed by bots.
- Showing the Email Address inside an Image: Since basically no website use this technique, we suppose thereβs also no bot looking for them. It is therefore the Best Alternative, and our Choice. People can Right-Click on it to download the Image, pretty simple isnβt it ?
Overall, protecting email addresses and phone numbers from being publicly displayed helps maintain privacy, reduce spam, and protect against security threats.