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- noun Plural form of
spambot .
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Examples
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These cut out the spammers because it takes a human to recognize the letters, and the automated 'spambots' cannot 'see' them.
Archive 2007-07-01 Dan 2007
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These cut out the spammers because it takes a human to recognize the letters, and the automated 'spambots' cannot 'see' them.
Changes to the 'Comment' function on Plainfield Today Dan 2007
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A humorous e-card probably isn't worth exposing your e-mail account to malicious "spambots" that can hijack your account and send spam to your entire address book.
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A humorous e-card probably isn't worth exposing your e-mail account to malicious "spambots" that can hijack your account and send spam to your entire address book.
The Political Carnival GottaLaff 2010
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I recalled that, in a previous post about web accessibility, a reader offered negative CAPTCHAs – whereby spambots must prove they are bots rather than requiring humans prove they are indeed human when leaving blog comments – are accessible alternative.
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The text's imagined spambots fill MOMA's inboxes with penis extension ads disguised as artist updates.
Paul McRandle: Westway Ho! Stewart Home at Performa 11 Paul McRandle 2011
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With signers like “Porn Sex Video” it looks like their petition page got hit by spambots.
Matthew Yglesias » “Vince Vince” Wants Sanctions on Iran 2009
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The text's imagined spambots fill MOMA's inboxes with penis extension ads disguised as artist updates.
Paul McRandle: Westway Ho! Stewart Home at Performa 11 Paul McRandle 2011
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Hmmmmmm; the only trolls here today are the spambots.
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You people are silly, even my learning challenged son knows better than to argue with the spambots, although he did once have a heated debate with a fire hydrant.
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