i'm getting a lot of emails from my bank and other services that make me aware that they use tracking pixels in emails. apparently they are obliged by the privacy regulator that is enforcing a recent EU directive. i didn't even know that i was sending ip and client info simply by reading my emails in thunderbird or k9 on my mobile. is there a way to deactivate these? and is there a risk that by doing so the bank thinks the email is compromised or non existant. its incredibile to see how sophisticated data hoovering technology has become. the internet has become a real mess ...

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[–] [S] 1 point 6 days ago (3 children)

Would something like pihole also strip out all this crap? I've been meaning to get it on my network for a while.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago

    I'm not too sure, maybe? If the tracking pixel is on a domain known to serve ads or trackers, it might, but if it's on a legitimate domain (e.g. your ISP's) I don't think it can, since you'd have to have added the ISP's domain to the Pi-hole blacklist

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