New chrome extension allow you to track emails

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A new, free Google Chrome browser extension called Streak lets email senders using Google accounts see when recipients open email.

And, oh my, it also lets senders see who, exactly, opened the email, and where the recipient is located.

The extension, part of a customer relationship management (CRM) system that includes tools for sales, support and hiring, places email recipients on a map, with big red dots indicating their locations. It also gives users real-time location updates.

Streak is a bit creepy. But it's not, of course, "changing the email game", as has been somewhat breathlessly claimed.

Streak may well be in the business of giving marketers the ability to eyeball our whereabouts and our email-opening schedules, but it certainly didn't invent email tracking - not by a long shot.

Articol complet: How emails can be used to track your location and how to stop it | Naked Security

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De ce sa aiba autorul extensiei acces la emailurile, contactele mele si ip-urile lor? Daca foloseste cineva gmail(!) si extensia asta, recomand sa desfaca crx-ul, sa inlocuiasca serviciul de geoip cu unul personal bazat pe db-ul maxmind si sa caute alte requesturi dubioase catre bulangiul ala cacanar si securist de autor. Multumesc.