That thing where a message on a privacy-focused mailing list contains a tracking pixel…

Reply to That thing where a message on a privacy-focused mailing list contains a tracking pixel… on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:07:32 GMT

adamshostack@infosec.exchange — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:07:32 GMT

@joebeone I'm trolling @SteveBellovin whos in the room at https://www.nationalacademies.org/units/DEPS-CSTB-13-03/event/46521 and where there's a lot of discussion of (to frame it cynically) "we can't set technical policies, we need to align the trustworthy AI"

Reply to That thing where a message on a privacy-focused mailing list contains a tracking pixel… on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:06:09 GMT

joebeone@techpolicy.social — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:06:09 GMT

@adamshostack @SteveBellovin I spent six months working through an issue like this with CDT and then ISOC newsletters; it is hopeless. Certain services like Salesforce encode a bunch of totally uninteresting stuff in there... But it of course works exactly like a tracking pixel and who knows what the actual uses are

Reply to That thing where a message on a privacy-focused mailing list contains a tracking pixel… on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:32:39 GMT

adamshostack@infosec.exchange — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:32:39 GMT

@SteveBellovin The panel said that the sender was trustworthy, so it's ok.