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> Doesn't gmail's preloading defeat the read receipts? It makes it so every tracking pixel sent to gmail gets loaded (and not by your IP), thereby making it mea
by EMM_386 5y ago
> Doesn't gmail's preloading defeat the read receipts? It makes it so every tracking pixel sent to gmail gets loaded (and not by your IP), thereby making it meaningless.
According to some articles I've read, the marketers can still name the images unique per user.
So when Google's caches query for it, they still know it's you.
I will keep "always load images" off as usual in Gmail.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/dear-gmailer-i-know-what-you-read-last-summer-and-last-night-and-today/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/dear-...
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y agoIf Google fetches the images when the mail is delivered (not when it is opened), all the sender learns is that the mail arrived (but not whether the user actually looked at it). I'm not sure if that's the case though.