Tuesday, 12 December 2017

Is your e-mail invading your privacy



   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


  1. You have two PC that you open mail on.
  2. The address of those machines.
    1. your isp.
    2. your general location.
  3. You do open spam mail. so we can send more as it is an indicator that you have read the mail.
  4. What browser you are using.
    1. Custom Trojan's can be sent for that version of web browser.
  5. The operating system you are using may also be recorded.
    1. Will show computer type 
      1. Windows Pc
      2. Apple
      3. 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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