TriLinder@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoThis post knows where you're viewing it from (Lemmy doesn't proxy external images) [ARCHIVED]message-squaremessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up1543arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1528arrow-down1message-squareThis post knows where you're viewing it from (Lemmy doesn't proxy external images) [ARCHIVED]TriLinder@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square134fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareA_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoExactly. The text of this post is simply :  I get the same result when I browse directly to the link. So, if OP links a malcious website we have a problem … (?).
minus-squareGoddard Guryon@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOh dangit, it’s simpler than I thought. So the only data being sent is…just whatever is sent in your average GET request.
minus-squarenewIdentity@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYes. It’s also a pretty standard way of serving images. A lot of Email clients do that too. That’s also how these services that show you when a email is read work.
Exactly. The text of this post is simply :
I get the same result when I browse directly to the link.
So, if OP links a malcious website we have a problem … (?).
Oh dangit, it’s simpler than I thought. So the only data being sent is…just whatever is sent in your average GET request.
Yes. It’s also a pretty standard way of serving images. A lot of Email clients do that too.
That’s also how these services that show you when a email is read work.