--- title: Protecting your email address via SVG instead of JS description: Learn how to protect your email address using an SVG-based approach that doesn't require JavaScript. This technique allows the email address to remain usable... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/protecting-your-email-address-via-svg-instead-of-js-56ssepkph twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Protecting your email address via SVG instead of JS | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to protect your email address using an SVG-based approach that doesn't require JavaScript. This technique allows the email address to remain usable... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/protecting-your-email-address-via-svg-instead-of-js-56ssepkph og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/56SsEpKph.png og:image:alt: Protecting your email address via SVG instead of JS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Protecting your email address via SVG instead of JS **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 28 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Learn how to protect your email address using an SVG-based approach that doesn't require JavaScript. This technique allows the email address to remain usable and accessible even with JavaScript turned off. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@yaireo** · 0 upvotes > this isn't the 90s any more. emails should be "protected" by the email service provider which should screen spam automatically. **@xghozt** · 0 upvotes > This is useless, bots can just as easily view the svg source or convert images to text. Also, the idea that you even have to obscure your email is antiquated. 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