Gmail’s Recent Image Handling Changes
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Gmail’s Recent Image Handling Changes
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Re: Gmail’s Recent Image Handling Changes
#2Good.
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#3We've noticed this with Microsoft's e-mail services already with some confirmation e-mails that display items from the customer's order. In fact, we think they might be loading the images despite the customer not opening the e-mail, as the rendering service gets hammered from Microsoft IP addresses early in the morning every day, and we know they are from e-mails sent to hotmail.com/outlook.com/live.com/etc e-mail addresses.
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#4This is better for user privacy. Marketers will have to find another less invasive way.
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#5This is better for user privacy. Marketers will have to find another less invasive way.
This is another one of hose "better for privacy" changes that google implements to keep all of your private data in their hands while not sharing it with others unless money is involved.
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#6This is better for user privacy. Marketers will have to find another less invasive way.
Truthfully I rather have my privacy invaded by thousands of small companies getting only a tiny chunk of my info, than by one behemoth with access to everything I do online.
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#7This is better for user privacy. Marketers will have to find another less invasive way.
"In some cases, senders may be able to know whether an individual has opened a message with unique image links"
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/145919?p=display_imag...
This is an inherent flaw with auto-displayed mail images loaded on demand. They are easily rigged to act as read receipts.
Hard to see how that's a privacy enhancement.
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#8This is better for user privacy. Marketers will have to find another less invasive way.
Truthfully I rather have my privacy invaded by thousands of small companies getting only a tiny chunk of my info, than by one behemoth with access to everything I do online.
If you decide to use Gmail, Google will already know what you’re doing and where you are, for better or worse. The choice is between Google having access to everything you do in connection with your email, or Google having access plus thousands of small companies having tiny chunks.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Truthfully I rather have my privacy invaded by thousands of small companies getting only a tiny chunk of my info, than by one behemoth with access to everything I do online.
If you decide to use Gmail, Google will already know what you’re doing and where you are, for better or worse. The choice is between Google having access to everything you do in connection with your email, or Google having access plus thousands of small companies having tiny chunks.
That's why I'm trying to minimize my google footprint.. Googprint (TM) :)
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#10We've noticed this with Microsoft's e-mail services already with some confirmation e-mails that display items from the customer's order. In fact, we think they might be loading the images despite the customer not opening the e-mail, as the rendering service gets hammered from Microsoft IP addresses early in the morning every day, and we know they are from e-mails sent to hotmail.com/outlook.com/live.com/etc e-mail ad…
I wonder how that works - pre-emptively fetch content that appears in a large number of emails sent to a large number of customers?