BedSupperclub - 10:00 am on Feb 27, 2009 (gmt 0)

@leadegroot "Could any legitimate use be made of this? "

well, I know two sites to spy google adsense id and I do use such database of trackable site IDs because it's a nice way to check what my competitors are doing. Also you may uncover site networks by spying on Adsense IDs and learn about quite a few interesting things

Now about how to keep them off your butt: it's not really possible as of now if they are determined to get your id... But you may make things more difficult for their bots by using a script that call your adsense script (encapsulating your adsense script in an other one i mean). but if the bot is collecting IDs once the page is in the DOM 9once html and javascript have been interpreted), then there could be not protection unless Google Adsense decides to add some new feature to create random ids on a site basis or ad basis.