Some long while ago I configured Gmail to "Ask before displaying external images". I kinda forgot about it. I certainly haven't missed any important information because of this and have saved myself a whole lot of surveillance.
I got a plain-text-looking email with the "Display images" option. I thought huh? Looked at the source, and sure enough it's actually an HTML email with a tracker image to see if you opened it.
Remote images should probably be turned off by default.
mroach /
npub1jm…5vwex
2024-02-14 14:15:18
Author Public Key
npub1jm640dm2se8v7rp9d4d9tuuwr7le59d37lgucxfvpurct84yaxgqr5vwexPublished at
2024-02-14 14:15:18Event JSON
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"pubkey": "96f557b76a864ecf0c256d5a55f38e1fbf9a15b1f7d1cc192c0f07859ea4e990",
"created_at": 1707920118,
"kind": 1,
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"content": "Some long while ago I configured Gmail to \"Ask before displaying external images\". I kinda forgot about it. I certainly haven't missed any important information because of this and have saved myself a whole lot of surveillance. \n\nI got a plain-text-looking email with the \"Display images\" option. I thought huh? Looked at the source, and sure enough it's actually an HTML email with a tracker image to see if you opened it.\n\nRemote images should probably be turned off by default.",
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}