Gmail for android silently overwrites links in your emails, so it can track what you open

submitted by GottaHaveFaith to privacy
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Gmail for android silently overwrites links in your emails, so it can track what you open

I clicked on a link inside an email from a privacy service, and was surprised to see they used google tracking for their stuff, so I opened it in thunderbird and behold, it had no tracking.

But the worst part is… if I went back again and long…

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