Many
of us probably think that what is the benefit of tracking a mail, so why should
I care, right? Wrong! Everyone is stealing or trying to steal as much data as
possible. Today, information is worth everything. Companies send you emails they've already got vetted. The one who do such activities can see when
you open a mail, what you click after that and what is your location.
They track emails by adding small
images or pixels that inform them about your data. These tracking tools work
once you click the mail, so the only method to stop being tracked by anyone is
not by opening that mail. The question here is how one can know if the mail is
the safe one or the tracked one before opening it.
Well we have found out a simple
tool called “Ugly Email” which will do this job for you. Ugly email
checks all your emails and exposes the ones being tracked. Each tracked mail is
shown with an “evil eye” to easily recognize such emails.This way you can
actually protect Gmail (since the current version is applicable only to gmail).
Currently, this works by
detecting pixels from Yesware, Streak, MailChimp, Mandrill, Bananatag and
Postmark. They are actively working on adding more.
Here are the simple steps to make
it work:
Step 1:
Open your Google Chrome browser
on your PC.
Step 2:
Search for “Ugly Email” in google
chrome web store to save yourself from tracked emails.
Step 3:
Click “Add to Chrome” in the new
tab and you are good to go.
Step 4:
The next time you receive an
e-mail, a tiny eye symbol will be there. It is an indication if it is vetted by
any tracking tool.
Note:
This tool only works with Gmail
and is currently available as a Chrome extension. They are working to add
Firefox support very soon.
Some of you might not see eye
symbol on any of your e-mail, that’s because you got no vetted mails. Congrats
