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I thought Gmail loaded images when it got the email, not when users opened it? Doesn't this prevent pixels from tracking?
by pradn 6y ago
I thought Gmail loaded images when it got the email, not when users opened it? Doesn't this prevent pixels from tracking?
- bad_user 6y agoThis might have been the plan, but it doesn't happen in my experience. I've tested it multiple times and Gmail loads those images when you open the email and it's possible to track when users open their email. It also appears that Gmail loads those tracking pixels every time you open that email, doesn't do caching, so it's possible to track how many times the recipient opens the email. The redeeming quality is that by proxying those images, your IP and User-Agent are no longer leaked. But that's it.
- mceachen 6y agoYou can disable automatic image loading on the settings page via a desktop browser.