Is your e-mail invading your privacy, some e-mails contain items that take details from your computer and record them for future use.
What the how you cry well.
A small image the size of a pixel can be placed inside the email this could be just a white dot, that can not be seen by the naked eye. These are known as web beacon or web bug, When the e-mail is opened a request is sent to the server that is hosting the image. The IP address of the requesting PC is then recorded in a database against the image name. A history of your activity is then built up.
Image Name | You Computer address | Date \time | Browser type |
mail email.gif | \\your pc address | 01/01/2018 | IE |
Spammail.gif | \\your pc address | 02/01/2018 | IE |
another.jpg | \\another of your pcs | 02/01/2018 | Chrome |
So what does this tell me
- You have two PC that you open mail on.
- The address of those machines.
- your isp.
- your general location.
- You do open spam mail. so we can send more as it is an indicator that you have read the mail.
- What browser you are using.
- Custom Trojan's can be sent for that version of web browser.
- The operating system you are using may also be recorded.
- Will show computer type
- Windows Pc
- Apple
- Android
So now we know you e-mail may be invading your privacy. This is why programs like Outlook block by default the downloading of images from the internet and have to be manual requested.
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