alt Hacker NewsWhat do you mean it's personalized? It's an anonymous identifier token specific only to that email.
Like I said, even with HTTPS everyone in the cafeteria theoretically knows you're connecting to HBSC as well.
So I don't see the difference.
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sharperguy • yesterday at 8:42 PM
They know that you likely read some email from HSBC and if you happen to read the same one again they will know it was the same one.
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danaris • yesterday at 9:33 PM
What on earth makes you think it's anonymous?
It's trivial to encode each tracking pixel with a personalized hash of some sort linking it to the intended recipient of that particular email.
This is...just how tracking pixels work.
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You _think_ it's anonymous.