<!--IssueSummary start--> <details> <summary> Everyone can contribute. [Help move this issue forward](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/community-contributors-workflows/#contributor-links) while earning points, leveling up and collecting rewards. </summary> - [Close this issue](https://contributors.gitlab.com/manage-issue?action=close&projectId=278964&issueIid=15058) </details> <!--IssueSummary end--> since gitlab provides an easy way to browse repositories, it is also a prime source for email harvesting. it would be great if emails would somehow be obfuscated (at least for anonymous access). ### note it's true that for a public repository, anybody could clone it and harvest the email addresses from the clone. but i think it is significantly easier to just target a bot at https://gitlab.com/ and extract all the email addresses from the webpages.