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An external image showing your user-agent and the total "hit count"

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I did not know until now that it is possible to embed external images within posts and replies. I thought the only option was to upload to your instance.

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this is bothersome, but if you use a VPN then at least there's that.

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otherwise it's feasible to track captured addresses based on which posts they read by posting an external image in the post or a reply.

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if you are seeing images in this post, then your client address is visible to any external image hosts.