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The tracking pixel doesn't provide any material information, it just tells you that a certain computer downloaded the image at a certain time. It doesn't tell
by jbob2000 7y ago
The tracking pixel doesn't provide any material information, it just tells you that a certain computer downloaded the image at a certain time.
It doesn't tell you WHO downloaded the image (but you could deduce that if you had other information, such as who was using the computer at the time it was downloaded) and it doesn't tell you WHY that image was downloaded (was it because an email was opened? Or was it because the email was scanned for viruses?).
- inetknght 7y ago> The tracking pixel doesn't provide any material information https://www.dol.gov/general/ppii https://www.dol.gov/general/ppii Email addresses are considered Personally-Identifiable Information even in the United States (and certainly in the EU too). Deduction of who downloaded the image is obscene and a violation of that person's privacy. Any correlation of email address information with any other information at all could be considered a violation of that person's privacy: the IP address and user-agent information alone is sufficient enough to point in the direction of a malicious attack. And there are people who have some serious safety concerns: people who've been abused by significant others and are prone to being victim to stalking or hacking is just one example.