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When it comes to your email, you may not realize there’s an easy way advertisers, marketers, companies, and even scammers track you – with just one tiny pixel.
What is pixel tracking?
You can’t see them, but pixel trackers are hidden in many of the emails you receive. Technically, this microscopic pixel is computer code embedded within the body of an email, generally hidden within an image.
Typically, pixel-tracking allows marketers, advertisers, and companies to collect data about you, such as:
• The number of times you open an email
• The operating system you use
• The time you opened the email
• Your IP address can give an idea of your location
• What type of device you use to open the email
Detailed data is sent back to the sender automatically, without you having to click on any links or even respond. That may feel like an invasion of privacy, but it is legal and different from when hackers and scammers employ this tactic.
In that case, it becomes all about monitoring your activity.
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