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By default, #Thunderbird automatically blocks images in your emails from being displayed -- because many of those images may contain tracking code.

(Sometimes these images are tiny "tracking pixels" you may not even see).

Take your protection one step further by installing #uBlock Origin to block all kinds of unwanted content in your RSS feeds -- it's now an official Thunderbird Add-on: https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/ublock-origin/

#Privacy #Email

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uBlock Origin

Finally, an efficient blocker. Easy on CPU and memory. uBlock Origin (uBO) is a CPU and memory-efficient wide-spectrum content blocker that blocks ads, trackers, coin miners, popups, annoying anti-blockers, etc.
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frlan
frlan
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What extra features does it actually add?
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@frlan 2 great advantages: it works with RSS feeds (especially useful if you're viewing full web pages in Thunderbird -- it also blocks ads).

And if you want to load up your email images by default but still be protected, uBlock is a good solution.

@frlan
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Nyaa :bocchi_glitch:
Nyaa :bocchi_glitch:
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Oh it can stop the tracking pixel from working? I was wondering what uBlock Origin would help with aside from just the browser/webpage part, but if it lets me load images by default safely, I'm installing that right away
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@nyaa Hi, just to clarify: uBlock currently only works with RSS feeds. Sorry about any confusion.
@Nyaa :bocchi_glitch:
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Andreas Grupp :tux: :opensuse:
Andreas Grupp :tux: :opensuse:
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now I am confused as I saw in the protocol of network requests also CardDAV and CalDAV requests pop up. I hoped that all sort of network connections are also checked against the filter lists - also for images that are loaded from sites included in the filter lists!? Is this assumption wrong?
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John Dal
John Dal
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why would any image viewing software treat bytes in an image stream as code and then execute it? Really, I'm asking how do "tracking pixels" work?
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Chris
Chris
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I think we need to go back to making Plain Text the default for sending and receiving in all email clients/services

HTML mail comes with more disadvantages then advantages

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🇬🇧Daron Brewood
🇬🇧Daron Brewood
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Used it for ages. Great to see it included in the repository. Wish TB could block pixel tracking if you elected to download images in an email.
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Steve's Place
Steve's Place
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I use it in Firefox. It is exceptionally good at finding them.

I have in the past used ads on sites. The only way a site gets credit for showing one is for that pixel to display. We don't like subscription model sites but we block ads so sooner or later that model we don't like is going to become ubiquitous across the web if sites can't get sufficient ad revenue to stay afloat.

Begging doesn't seem sustainable without the cachet of public broadcasting.

I will still use it. Sigh.

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Foldable Riley 5
Foldable Riley 5
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this is actually super cool! privacy being added back into email is a great thing
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Brian Krupp
Brian Krupp
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This is a great feature to automatically block images. Similar services will attempt to remove identifiers from images, does Thunderbird do the same? Also, what about removing a tracker from the link you posted? Right now, that page communicates with google-analytics.
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Verđandi K Soldusty
Verđandi K Soldusty
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That's one very useful thing to learn/know.
Thanks very much. Now fixed it on my ThunderBird 👍 😀 .
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morph
morph
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That's fine. It was installable anyway. But there are lotsa updates. So more convenient.
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JP :popos: :pine64: :mojeek:
JP :popos: :pine64: :mojeek:
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@jamesp I did not know this. Will add next time I’m at my desk.

#thunderbird seemed stuck in the 80s for so long and has now leaped into the early 2030s :blobcathappy: ok, maybe not that far but so much nicer than it was and I’ve been using Thunderbird since the dawn of time :ablobcatcoffee:

#thunderbird @James P. :os_arch: :xfce:
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@bwpanda Apologies for the misunderstanding. We'll clear it up.
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