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Related: GMail has an option to disable loading images by default. Which helps me escape tracker pixels and also know if a "human-like" email still has a tracki
by asadm 8mo ago
Related: GMail has an option to disable loading images by default. Which helps me escape tracker pixels and also know if a "human-like" email still has a tracking pixel or not.
- fhdkweig 8mo agoMozilla's Thunderbird also has this feature. I'd imagine most security conscious mail reader/browsers do.
- have_faith 8mo agoSo does Apple Mail, for anyone wondering.
- yearolinuxdsktp 8mo agoFastmail.fm (a paid mail provider) also has a feature to not load remote images, and it’s on by default. You can also set up arbitrarily complex filtering rules using Sieve, if the built-in rules UI is not sophisticated enough.
- c0balt 8mo agoTo add some more mailbox.org also has it with sieve rules. Posteo should have it too iirc
- davchana 8mo agoLong time ago somebody told that gmail pre fetches all images, so tracker pixels report exactly one open occurrence for images in gmail email.
- mgarciaisaia 8mo agoDisabling external images was the default until they started proxying+caching the images themselves. So now _by default_ clients get to see the images without sending tracking data to the senders - Google doesn't like competition. I still keep the images disabled, though. In most cases, you don't care about what's there in the images anyway.
- Pyrodogg 8mo agoIt also helps avoid "oo shiny!" distractions and helps keep the focus on the message.