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Re:DuckDuckGo Email Protection by flowerlad on Thursday July 22, 2021 @11:14AM (#27919852)
Doesn't gmail already solve this problem? The way gmail solves it is by downloading all images in the email, even before you open the email. That means marketers don't know if you really opened the email. Gmail also downloads the images through proxy servers, so marketers won't know your ip address.

https://gmail.googleblog.com/2013/12/images-now-showing.html

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Re:DuckDuckGo Email Protection by ASalazarMX on Thursday July 22, 2021 @11:41AM (#27920157)
Unfortunately, Google itself is a tracker. This solution, even if well done, is inherently incomplete.
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Re:DuckDuckGo Email Protection by treesknees on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:10PM (#27920638)
The DuckDuckGo service isn't claiming to be a proxy for all of your online accounts, so of course logging into your email provider to check your email means they get your IP address, user agent, etc. How else would you expect this to work?
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Re:DuckDuckGo Email Protection by ASalazarMX on Thursday July 22, 2021 @01:42PM (#27921942)
I meant Google's solution. It is actually great, if an email provider unrelated to ad tracking did exactly the same, it would be ideal.
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