generator12
Senior Chief Petty Officer
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- Jul 9, 2010
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Using [FONT=Lucida Grande, Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]T-Bird for my email app. Does anyone have an idea how blocking me from seeing something protects my privacy? Seems to me that it's protecting the privacy of whomever sent me the "remote image".
Mozilla support says this:[/FONT] Remote content is a privacy concern because it allows the message sender to know:
Comments from the knowledgeable people?[/FONT]
Mozilla support says this:[/FONT] Remote content is a privacy concern because it allows the message sender to know:
- each time you view the message
- rough details about what application and what platform you are using
- your current geographic location (a rough approximation by IP address)
- that your email address is actually used ("alive")
Comments from the knowledgeable people?[/FONT]