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Tracking an email open is enough of a security threat by itself.
by dublinben 12y ago
Tracking an email open is enough of a security threat by itself.
- nine_k 12y agoBut this is not any email; it's usually a promo or info email, usually with a link to directly click, so I would willingly divulge the same details — if the email is legitimate. I could imagine that geolocating my IP might be undesirable at times. I wonder what are other potential security (not privacy) implications.
- ChrisLTD 12y agoIt's not just marketing emails. I have worked with people that track opens of their emails so they could decide how and when to follow-up with their contractors, clients, and prospective clients.
- maroonblazer 12y agoThe context for those is still marketing. I too don't understand what's to be gained from a tool like this. If the party collecting the data abuses it to spam you then you simply unsubscribe/block the emails altogether. And of course they know you know you can do this, which gives them incentive to not do that.
- bduerst 12y agoThat's because there is really isn't much to be obtained from this tool other than a sense of gaining control over your email.
- robgibbons 12y agoI know first-hand of some recruiters who use email opens as yet another metric to gauge potential candidates. If you open emails but don't respond right away, some recruiters will immediately cross you off their list.
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- monk_e_boy 12y agoWe use it to see if you are interested in the email. If you don't open 3 or 4 we take you off the list. We also use it to see if email addresses are no longer used. I don't really see why you'd care about tracking pixels 99% of the time. If you purchase something from us and we email you, it's super useful for both of us to know if you have read the email (purchase receipt or booking confirmation.) I personally don't see much spam and what I do see I just delete, so tracking pixels in those aren't an issue for me.
- stevejones 12y agoI don't want you to know where I live. No matter how benevolent you claim to be.
- btdollar 12y agoThe average company does not behave so genially. They want to see who is opening adverts. All I care about is myself getting the confirmation, if I have a problem I will contact the company. I do not care if they know about me receiving it otherwise, and I certainly do not care to help in the inevitable but unfortunately legal flood of spam after any online purchase.
- btdollar 12y agoThe average company does not behave so genially. They want to see who is opening adverts. All I care about is myself getting the confirmation, if I have a problem I will contact the company. I do not care if they know about me receiving it otherwise, and I certainly do not care to help in the inevitable but unfortunately legal flood of spam after any online purchase.
- yellowapple 12y ago> If you purchase something from us and we email you, it's super useful for both of us to know if you have read the email (purchase receipt or booking confirmation.) Why? If I'm interested in the email, I'll request it (i.e. if I'm purchasing something from you, me receiving confirmation emails from you should be opt-in, either in my user settings on your site or on a per-purchase basis). If I'm not interested in the email, I'll click the "unsubscribe" link in the email (you do include unsubscribe links, right?) or otherwise specify such in - again - my user settings. In other words, that's not your call to make. That's my call to make, and your explanation is sounding like a very weak excuse to pin my privacy to a table and give it a night it'll never forget.