How email trackers spy on you (and how to block it)

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🔍 Spy Pixel GitHub Repository: https://github.com/collinsmc23/spy-pixel

🔗 Resources:
https://medium.com/@riyasyash/pixel-tracking-how-easy-and-unethical-is-it-dff1c2ae1805
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/building-a-serverless-tracking-pixel-solution-in-aws/
https://proton.me/blog/how-to-stop-email-trackers
https://jqn.medium.com/deploy-a-flask-app-on-aws-ec2-1850ae4b0d41
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/may/09/how-private-is-your-gmail-and-should-you-switch
https://proton.me/mail/security
https://proton.me/support/email-tracker-protection

🎥 Video Overview:
In today's video, I will be overviewing how applications can spy on you with a spy pixel by demonstrating the small spy pixel I wrote using Python and deployed on AWS. I am able to collect the User-Agent string, IP addresses, geolocation, and if the individual browses to the page where the pixel is located. I will specifically …

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