"[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
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