# Email security/obscurity for moderators is inconsistent **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug\ **Created:** [Septembre 28, 2015, 2:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-security-obscurity-for-moderators-is-inconsistent/33837 "2015-09-28T14:29:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\ **Post date:** [Septembre 29, 2015, 1:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-security-obscurity-for-moderators-is-inconsistent/33837/8 "2015-09-29T13:34:01Z")
Yes, as a moderator, we have used access to the email of a user in the Admin area, their Profile page, etc as a way to identify members as spammers, advertisers, etc. We use it a lot, as it is one of the important keys, along with username patterns that we can use to immediately identify a user as part of a larger group who does nothing more than post frivolous crap. You’d be amazed at how terrible human spammers/advertisers are at trying to conceal themselves. > [@calmh](#): > > Sorry, what do you disagree with? Currently those two buttons don’t exist for moderators. I’m suggesting that maybe they should, since moderators can see emails in other places anyway. But they do exist for Moderators… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-security-obscurity-for-moderators-is-inconsistent/33837)._