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From the article: > Superhuman doesn’t even let its own customers turn images off. So merely by using Superhuman, you are vulnerable to the exact same spying
by jld 7y ago
From the article:
> Superhuman doesn’t even let its own customers turn images off. So merely by using Superhuman, you are vulnerable to the exact same spying that Superhuman enables you to do to others.
- Skunkleton 7y agoAll superhuman is doing is giving access the same tech that every company uses to monitor emails sent to individuals. If you don't like it (and you absolutely shouldn't), then don't use superhuman and turn of automatic image downloads in your email client.
- ajiang 7y agoThe problem is that the person that "doesn't like it" isn't the user of Superhuman, it is the recipient, who doesn't get a choice as to what email client the sender is using.
- Skunkleton 7y agoAnd my point is that a large percentage of emails sent contain tracking pixels already. Privacy conscious recipients should already have automatic image downloading disabled.
- human20190310 7y agoThis is where the author's dunk on Superhuman became complete. A Superhuman investor, who does not disclose his interest in the company, pops in to say it's the recipient's responsibility to defend their own privacy, using a method (turning images off) that Superhuman's own product makes impossible for its users. Wow.