Jeff Huang

Jeff Huang

Seattle, WA

Ph.D. candidate, Information School, University of Washington MS, Computer Science, University of Illinois BS, Computer Science, University of Illinois

Ph.D. candidate, Information School, University of Washington

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Published on Mar 27, 2013

Update #10: Understanding the obfuscation techniques used!

27 March 2013: I got an email asking what the obfuscation techniques used meant, how can people in general use them. Hence, this short guide. Invisible email: This simply means changing the foregr...

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Published on Jan 11, 2013

Update #9: Some charts and finding

10 January 2013: Alright guys and gals. First of all, I apologize for a delayed update. I was really busy with my classes and completing the analysis first batch of emails received.We have have bee...

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Published on Nov 11, 2012

Update #8: Behind the scenes

Update November 11, 2012: Okay folks. We're very close to our goal now. Till now, I have posted 800 different emails across a variety of websites and sources and have received a good amount of spam...

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Published on Nov 02, 2012

Update #7: 3333 Spam emails received!

Anyways, we have 3333 spam emails in our inbox today!!Isn't that awesome?And again, If you own a blog, a website or just a domain, a twitter profile, a facebook profile etc, please please help us i...

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Published on Oct 25, 2012

Update #6: 500 Emails posted

Update 25 October 2012: Quick update guys and girls. I have just completed posting 500 emails all over the web. Currently, our inbox has over 3000+ emails. The way I see it, the progress is going q...

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Published on Sep 27, 2012

Update #5: New milestone

Update 27 September 2012: I just logged in to our inbox, and whoohoo, we just received 1000 spam emails. Below is a sample of what kind of emails we are getting.If you'd like to be a part of this a...

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Published on Sep 23, 2012

Update #4

Update 23 September 2012 by Karan Goel: So till now 150 emails have been posted on a variety of sources. I've been doing some clever (sounds pompous??) posting with iframes, text sharing sites etc....

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Published on Sep 11, 2012

Update #3

September 11, 2012Hello everyone. This is Karan Goel here. I have been appointed as the Research Assistant for Jeff's research on Spam Harvesting.A few details about me before I get to the current ...

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Published on Aug 03, 2012

Update #2

Hi everyone, here's what's been up since the last update. A few weeks ago, the check with your money cleared through UW Advancement and into a department budget number. I wrote up a job posting for...

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