i’m getting a lot of emails from my bank and other services that make me aware that they use tracking pixels in emails. apparently they are obliged by the privacy regulator that is enforcing a recent EU directive. i didn’t even know that i was sending ip and client info simply by reading my emails in thunderbird or k9 on my mobile. is there a way to deactivate these? and is there a risk that by doing so the bank thinks the email is compromised or non existant. its incredibile to see how sophisticated data hoovering technology has become. the internet has become a real mess …
Never load images in emails 😘
I think the best way is to disable loading of external content in your email client, but I’m not 100% sure.
Set your client to not download/show embedded images, so only the text part gets loaded.
I think Thunderbird by default does not load external content. Mine always warns me whether I want to allow for remote content when I open a new email, and possibly whether I want to always allow it for a particular sender. I never do.
Check the settings, and possibly reset that option.
I have all of my email clients set to not load internet content. Probably why one of my banks, Navy Federal, keeps saying my email address is invalid despite the fact I get their emails.
