Service Tracks When E-mail Is Read, How Long and Where
Service Tracks When E-mail Is Read, How Long and Where
An Internet service is about to test the frontiers of e-mail privacy.
DidTheyReadIt.com, which will launch Monday, allows anyone to secretly track e-mails they send. You'll see whether someone opens your e-mail, how long the recipient keeps it open -- even where geographically the recipient is reading it.
Anyone know how they're doing this? Embedded web bugs or javascripts? This works with all clients, but what about text-only readers? I'm curious, and yet a little firghtened by this. I'm starting to feel like I need to put that tin foil hat back on...