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Someone on Twitter freaked out because one of the “core” features of Superhuman is basically a read receipt e.g. similar to marketing emails where they add a cl
by lanrh1836 7y ago
Someone on Twitter freaked out because one of the “core” features of Superhuman is basically a read receipt e.g. similar to marketing emails where they add a clear pixel to your email before sending.
I absolutely hate that stuff, but marketers do this all the time anyway. Definitely adds one more creep factor if you know the sender is using Superhuman and can tell if you have or haven’t opened their email.
- dheera 7y agoIf you use Gmail, turn off loading images by default and it won't open any of those stupid tracking pixels. They won't get read receipts. I thought a long time ago this was the default behavior to not open external images but it seems this has changed. I don't know who decided on changing that default, as pixel trackers can also enable stalking behavior.
- remyp 7y agoYou have to block loading of ALL external resources. Smarter trackers will try to load much more than just images.
- dheera 7y agoCan you elaborate? What resources are allowed in e-mails besides images? I'm pretty sure Gmail doesn't auto-load JavaScript or anything like that.
- mdorazio 7y agoWait, is that actually the case? My understanding was that gmail re-hosts all images sent to its users and strips the trackers out in the process. A quick check on image sources in my inbox seems to confirm this.