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he's probably saying about clicking "unsubscribe" which usually leads to spammer website. in return they know now that this email is active
by nomadrat 4y ago
he's probably saying about clicking "unsubscribe" which usually leads to spammer website. in return they know now that this email is active
- tux2bsd 4y agoA website, can just be a URL of, well... nothing. As long a web server is sitting there logging the requests. spammer.douch.nozzle/collect_request/JoeShmo_1x1-transparent-UUID_0se9a009fjwljwlfl2f.gif but all the info the douch needs is in the "UUID", the rest is easily obfuscated. If your email client renders renders images willy nilly, the image is enough to confirm a valid target (clicking "unsubscribe" isn't necessary to become victim but is a hard lock-in mechanism (A human is on the hook...)).
- jenny91 4y agoAnd that's exactly why you don't load random web resources in emails.
- Semaphor 4y ago> he's probably saying about clicking "unsubscribe" No. I’m talking about abuse-mails, I’ll reply to the top-level comment