Re:Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic'
by cwhiz on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:01PM
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It's as easy as doing it the exact same way Hey does. "We blocked external trackers in this email, click here to learn more."
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Re:Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic'
by anewone on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @06:11PM
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I'm curious how they're doing it. Without having used their product, I gather that they're blocking certain known trackers and/or checking for tracking pixels directly. But it's not hard to put a unique tracking link on any arbitrary image which is part of the email's content. The only full defense is turning off all images.
edit: apparently they automatically cache the images on delivery, which should work. This is really a change that needs to come from the mail providers so good on them. As long as they don't try and assume what the user is interested in like Gmail does, they can drop tracking all they want.