how do hackers get email addresses
1 Disguise your email address using obfuscation. 2  Use a disposable email address. 3  Use an email address encoding tool for publishing your address on your website or blog. 4  Avoid confirming an unsubscribe request from a newsletter you do not know. Spammers will use harvesting programs that scour the Internet like Google, and copy any text that contains the @ character. 2  Spammers will use dictionary (brute force) programs like hackers. 3  You will unwittingly volunteer your email address to dishonest subscribe/unsubscribe online services.