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I got an email from a co-worker today, and noticed at the bottom of his signature a "Create your own email signature" link, which led to wisestamp.com. Turns ou
by dtgriscom 2y ago
I got an email from a co-worker today, and noticed at the bottom of his signature a "Create your own email signature" link, which led to wisestamp.com. Turns out they sell an email signature service to companies.
I pointed out to him that advertising an unrelated company in his corporate emails was tacky, but even worse there was a tracking pixel in the email, clearly specific to him. So, any time someone opened one of his emails, WiseStamp would know.
He removed it immediately.
- SoftTalker 2y agoI was critiqued on here the other day for saying I thought HTML was inappropriate for emails and that I use a plain text email client. This is one of the reasons. Reading an email should not expose you to “tracking pixels” and for me it doesn’t.
- iamacyborg 2y agoPeople want to be able to include images in their emails, or bold text. HTML is fine for email, just turn images off by default