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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by eyelidlessness on Friday August 20, 2021 @11:06AM (#28246879)
Does Skype generate preview images? Most chat clients do at this point. They all have to access the link to get the relevant metadata to do that.
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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by eplanit on Friday August 20, 2021 @11:29AM (#28247164)
Interesting "feature": the user perceives a (real) benefit: preview. But, there is also an unspoken benefit for Microsoft, who can feed their marketing analytics, or AI training data, or ... with what it learns via the chats and links.

I'd be fine if the fine print in the EULA provides a guarantee that the feature scans content solely for generating previews, and that M$ keeps no copy of it, etc....But, I'm sure I'd go blind looking for such text in the EULA.

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