"[Email tracking] tech is pretty simple. Tracking clients embed a line of code in the body of an email—usually in a 1x1 pixel image, so tiny it's invisible, but also in elements like hyperlinks and custom fonts. When a recipient opens the email, the tracking client recognizes that pixel has been downloaded, as well as … Continue reading You Give Up a Lot of Privacy Just Opening Emails. Here’s How to Stop It | WIRED
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A Text-Only World
"Security-conscious users must demand that their email providers offer a plain-text option. Unfortunately, such options are few and far between, but they are a key to stemming the webmail insecurity epidemic. Mail providers that refuse to do so should be avoided, just like back alleys that are bad places to conduct business. Those online back … Continue reading A Text-Only World
Mutt on OpenBSD & Linux: configuring gpg/gpg2 & ~/.muttrc
Update: August 2019. In August 2017, I wrote this post to document my process for getting gpg2 working on OpenBSD 6.1 after not finding a straight-forward explanation online. In the two years since, I have used these notes to set up mutt on both OpenBSD and several varieties of Linux, such as Debian derivatives, Arch … Continue reading Mutt on OpenBSD & Linux: configuring gpg/gpg2 & ~/.muttrc
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