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Haha that's devilishsly clever and delightfully evil.
At this time of year?
Yes.
@DrDystopia @Blaze It's a common pattern in email. Disappointing that we still have this problem, tbh.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy/_pixel
Sure, that's why reasonable email clients don't run HTML code when opening an email.
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I would be fairly surprised if they actually did this for tracking purposes. This sounds like nonsense to me. They already have plenty of information about you and they literally sent the notification.
Eh, of course they will.
If they can track it, they will track it, that is pretty much a guarantee, as data equals money. Mo data, no money.