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Re:Google Suppresses Memo Revealing Plans to Closely Track S... by kevin_thibedeau on Friday September 21, 2018 @04:10PM (#18042313)
Even with images disabled?
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Re:Google Suppresses Memo Revealing Plans to Closely Track S... by jiaweihli on Friday September 21, 2018 @07:56PM (#18043573)
No, disabling images breaks pixel tracking. One way to quickly sanity check a mail client's priorities is whether it gives you the option to disable images by default.

Some clients that don't allow you to disable by default: Polymail, Gmail on iOS, Inbox (Google) on IOS

If it's free, you're the product...

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Re:Google Suppresses Memo Revealing Plans to Closely Track S... by jkn on Sunday September 23, 2018 @04:03AM (#18049983)
Ha I thought you were wrong, but it turns out that indeed, you can disable image loading in the Gmail Web interface, in the Android app, but not on iOS: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/145919?co=GENIE.Platf...
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