Security researchers have found a user database, belonging to a company that operates a smart home device management platform and consisting two billion records,

They started caching images, but since open tracking pixel URLs are unique (after all, that's how they track an individual recipient) and Google only caches the image if you open the mail, essentially you still get tracking. You just don't get to count how many times the email is opened or the length it's opened (a common trick is to leave the connection open to see how long the client keeps the request open).

PixelBlock is a Gmail extension that blocks people from tracking when you open their emails.

‘Oh wow, the AI just tagged my profile picture as basic’

Opinion: We've been assured that facial recognition technology is secure, reliable, and accurate. That's far from certain.

MailHops maps the route an email took to get to you. Displaying the senders location, weather, user-agent and authentication used.

Create and Save or Send Multiple Individual and Personalized Messages from a Draft

You can tell who is using email trackers on you, and it's usually unsettling.

By default, Slack keeps all messages forever. The EFF is calling Slack out on this policy for not putting more control over data in the hands of users.

MailHops Postbox and Thunderbird plugin. Contribute to MailHops/mailhops-plugin development by creating an account on GitHub.

This Add-on allows to have HTML temporarily allowed in the currently displayed message by only one click. When switching to another message, it'll be shown automatically again in plain text or simple html mode (if this is your default mode).