Do a simple search for @gmail.com in Twitter and watch the email addresses roll in real time. Hundreds at a time, thousands per day. Easy list building for spammers who can easily harvest these fresh addresses as they pour in, minute by minute, day by day.
Chris Crum from WebProNews had a chat with Twellow‘s lead developer, Matthew Daines, who says:
“You can sit and just watch the email addresses steadily trickle in. I wouldn’t doubt it if spammers are harvesting these.” … learn more
Luckily, the fix to prevent email list harvesting on Twitter is easy. Don’t post your email address on twitter.
Duh.
