3 ms·
It's pretty easy for people who care to "turn off read receipts" by disabling images or blocking it through proxy/vpn/whatever. What about non technical people
by harryh 7y ago
It's pretty easy for people who care to "turn off read receipts" by disabling images or blocking it through proxy/vpn/whatever.
What about non technical people who have no way of learning that they are being spied upon?
- mcguire 7y agoLikewise, "turn off read receipts" and "disable images" seem like two different things.
- RandallBrown 7y agoMy thesis is that if you care about being tracked enough that you'd want to turn it off, you're also technical enough to do it. I may be wrong.
- harryh 7y agoGo find a non technical person and ask them these two questions: "Do you care if your ex-girl/boyfriend can tell every time you read an old email s/he sent you?" "Have you disabled loading images by default in your email client?" You will see that you are wrong. EDIT: decided to listen to my own advice and conduct a (very non scientific obvs) twitter poll. https://twitter.com/harryh/status/1146120438432616450 https://twitter.com/harryh/status/1146120438432616450
- wayne_skylar 7y agoYou're ignoring the vast majority of people who aren't aware that it's possible yet would care a great deal if they knew about it. In fact, that's the whole premise behind tracking pixels. It's victim blaming.