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I see. So they're just proxying the request for the image, instead of caching it. That prevents the tracking image from learning your IP, receiving cookies, e

I see. So they're just proxying the request for the image, instead of caching it. That prevents the tracking image from learning your IP, receiving cookies, etc. but still gives the tracker that binary "did they see it" signal. I guess I'm disabling images in email. I thought email providers would have closed this obvious privacy disaster... but nope.

ocdtrekkie 6y ago
Privacy-oriented email providers tend to block remote images by default[1]. Ad companies that provide free email services generally do not, because the users of tracking pixels are often their advertising customers. [1] Fastmail also has a "middle-ground" option to show remote images if it's from someone in your contacts, if you want a way to filter it dynamically a bit. I leave mine on a straight block, but if you really hate seeing "ugly" emails, it's a nice option.