Companies spy on your email with invisible images - here’s how to stop them

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Tracking pixels in email allow advertisers to spy on you and track your activity - here's how to stop them.

Published Dec 5th, 2022 4:54PM ESTIf you’re getting marketing emails in your inbox, you should know that the companies are likely using the messages to spy on you. They’re using a technology developed for email called tracking pixels which lets companies analyze how and when you’ve interacted with their emails. They can then use the information to fine-tune marketing campaigns and even link the data to other information they have on you.

So not only are they very small, but they also match the usually white background of your email client.

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