Re:Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic'
by wruza on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:27AM
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in one of the dropdown menus
As if gmail ui wasn’t already obscure af. They could make “don’t want this anymore” button that uses unsubscribe header first and if it doesn’t work, mark it as spam automatically. Many shady practices would disappear at that same moment, but who cares when making six figures a year.
If only email could work as a modern instant messenger - no spam, reacting to explicit and well-defined user intents, allowing file transfer without limitations that render that function useless, and delivering messages in less than a second.
Re:Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic'
by joombaga on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @03:53PM
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This isn't exactly what you proposed, but if a sender did include the list-unsubscribe header and you click "Report Spam" instead, Gmail will ask you if you want to unsubscribe as well.
Re:Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic'
by dubya on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @09:43AM
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I think it used to be more prominent on gmail. Now it's a little link next to the name of the sender at the very top when the email is opened. But not all list messages have it, and for some, gmail even hides the unsubscribe link below a [Message clipped] link to the full email.
Spam companies often use this to check if the email address they've targeted is real because they get callbacks from legitimate users. I've only seen one or two legitimate uses of the header as far as I can remember.