More granular controls are available in Microsoft Outlook for Windows 10 (via File, Options, Trust Center, Trust Center Settings) and for Mac (in File, Preferences, Reading).īlocking remote image loading will improve your privacy, but it could also impact your experience – you won’t see images on any emails, including newsletters, until you manually download them. Meanwhile, the browser version of automatically loads external images using a proxy, but you can’t stop these from loading altogether so some data may still be gathered. It’s also worth noting that since 2013, Google serves images in Gmail through its own proxy servers, which in many cases hides your IP address. If you are a Gmail user, you can find the option in Settings, Images, Ask Before Displaying External Images.
By using these tracking pixels, marketing companies are taking advantage of the fact that many email providers allow remote images to be loaded by default. You might not see them, but the pixels load when you open the message and feed information back to the sender, allowing them to track you. Tracking pixels are typically a single and often invisible 1x1 image inserted into an email’s header, footer or body. Here’s what you can do until then, or if you’d rather not use Apple’s system. However, the launch is still a few months away. This will respond to the region you are in, rather than your specific location. It will be routed through multiple proxy services, with an IP address randomly assigned to you by Apple. When it launches this Autumn, Apple’s software will allow you to hide your IP address and download remote content privately in the background by default, whether you engage with the email or not. In June, the iPhone maker announced Mail Privacy Protection features in iOS 15 and MacOS Monterey at its WWDC conference. Apple is making some big changes to help people avoid being targeted by stealthy email tracking.
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