Post #2224767
2018-04-09 08:38 UTC
@wakarimasen @lain@pleroma.soykaf.com and the RSS readers can remove those pixels along with CSS, scripts and images, or cache the tracking pixels along with all images on their server for many users.
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@erroruser@example.com 2018-04-09 08:46
@@oreolek@icosahedron.website @@lain@pleroma.soykaf.com Of course, but I can do the same in a browser by installing an ad blocker. After all, most (but of course not all) RSS readers are basically web browsers with disabled JavaScript. Many websites append something like "?source=rss" to all the urls in their feeds, others only show the first few sentences followed by a "read full article" link to force you to use their website and I've even seen services that generate a unique RSS feed url for each visitor. Tracking RSS users is more difficult, yes, but saying it's downright impossible is just wrong (unfortunately).