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Gmail isn't doing this by default but Inbox does it -- that's was prevented me from switching. I guess they "new take on mail" by google is not designed for en
by _lce0 12y ago
Gmail isn't doing this by default but Inbox does it -- that's was prevented me from switching.
I guess they "new take on mail" by google is not designed for end-users privacy.
- aareet 12y agoGoogle actually uses an image proxy to thwart tracking based on images.[1] http://googlesystem.blogspot.ca/2013/12/google-uses-proxy-to-load-gmail-images.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.ca/2013/12/google-uses-proxy-to...
- wtbob 12y agoWhich won't work if it's a unique image (since it won't be in the proxy). And if it is a tracking image, it'll probably be unique.
- ArchReaper 12y agoAFAIK they do this for all images. Not just commonly embedded images.
- rlpb 12y agoIf it's a unique image, then presumably Google reads it and pre-caches the image on receipt. So all you'll get from 1 pixel image is confirmation of email delivery, which is something you get with SMTP anyway. Of course if Google wait to cache the image when you actually read it, then this isn't true. But I'm prepared to give them more credit than that.
- wtbob 12y ago> So all you'll get from 1 pixel image is confirmation of email delivery, which is something you get with SMTP anyway. You'll get a read-receipt, which SMTP doesn't offer.
- petercooper 12y agoExcept it doesn't thwart tracking the actual open. Just the IP of the end user, etc: http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/12/gmail-open-rates/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/12/gmail-open-rates/