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Gmail, among others. Gmail proxies remote content when the email is opened, so the IP address of the user is not disclosed, but the time and number of opens can
by dessant 7y ago
Gmail, among others. Gmail proxies remote content when the email is opened, so the IP address of the user is not disclosed, but the time and number of opens can be tracked.
Google could proxy and cache remote content in emails when they are accepted by Gmail servers, and that would render Gmail users untrackable by third-parties.
- sempron64 7y agoThe decision to not cache was a compromise with email marketers after many years. Originally, gmail would not show embedded images by default at all: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/12/16/gmail-takes-image-loading-out-of-users-hands-heres-how-to-take-it-back/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/12/16/gmail-takes-imag...