"In short, HTML emails are a security nightmare, are mostly used for advertising to you and tracking you, are less accessible for many users, and don't offer anything especially great for it."https://useplaintext.email/ He buried the lede. I went ahead and put it at the top. For more detail, read the below. Another in my ongoing … Continue reading Why is Plaintext Better than HTML for Email?
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Disabling Facebook and Other Social Media Tracking in WordPress
I realized yesterday that the default sharing options in WordPress enabled tracking by Facebook and Twitter. I don't want advertising or tracking on my site. I found that you can turn these "features" off in the Dashboard. Simply click on Enabled Services and drag and drop into Available Services, and vice versa, for services you … Continue reading Disabling Facebook and Other Social Media Tracking in WordPress
Using /etc/hosts to Cut Internet Crap
I was using a website this morning that pointed to fonts.googleapis.com. I know this because the url was displayed at the bottom of the browser, as my machine freezed into an unusable state, which required a reboot to return it to functioning again. It seems strange to me that a website should be able freeze … Continue reading Using /etc/hosts to Cut Internet Crap
Tracking Firm LocationSmart Leaked Location Data for Customers of All Major U.S. Mobile Carriers in Real Time Via Its Web Site
"A third-party firm leaking customer location information data [from all U.S. mobile telephone service providers in real-time] poses serious privacy and security risks for virtually all U.S. mobile customers (and perhaps beyond, although all my willing subjects were inside the United States)." Brian Krebs, "Tracking Firm LocationSmart Leaked Location Data for Customers of All Major … Continue reading Tracking Firm LocationSmart Leaked Location Data for Customers of All Major U.S. Mobile Carriers in Real Time Via Its Web Site
You Give Up a Lot of Privacy Just Opening Emails. Here’s How to Stop It | WIRED
"[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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