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> This is correct: https://gmail.googleblog.com/2013/12/images-now-showing.html https://gmail.googleblog.com/2013/12/images-now-showing.html No, it's wrong. T
by chimeracoder 7y ago
> This is correct: https://gmail.googleblog.com/2013/12/images-now-showing.html https://gmail.googleblog.com/2013/12/images-now-showing.html
No, it's wrong. The first time you open the email, the image is retrieved. It's only subsequent views that are cached. So the sender can still see when you read the email; they just can't see how many times you read it afterwards.
- bduerst 7y agoNot quite, the sender still doesn't get location and your browser fingerprint. The receipt of email is still received though.
- chimeracoder 7y ago> Not quite, the sender still doesn't get location and your browser fingerprint. Yes, but the key question was about the open rate. The statement: > I thought Gmail's solution to this was to always download every image in your email and then proxy the image from their own servers when you view it. This results in a meaningless 100% "open rate" for Gmail is incorrect because a) GMail does not always download every image in your email b) GMail does not have a 100% open rate.
- thejohnstone 7y agoYou are right, but do not trust in Gmail, because they like to store your data on their servers!