Post #1891569
2026-01-23 05:13 UTC
> How is this possible without micro soft dicks selling this information to spammers?
If you've opened any of the emails and loaded any images, the server hosting those images gets your IP when you load the image. Some times it's just a single pixel
Replies (3)
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@MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2026-01-23 05:51
ah, the 'ol transparant pixel
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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2026-01-23 13:08
Which is why any decent mail client doesn't do that by default and why web interfaces suck.
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@Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz 2026-01-23 06:48
So they could stop it, but don't. I'll never get him to switch to something like proton mail or whatever safe alternative there is.