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Instagram is testing new iOS push notifications that include a profile photo. Each time the notification is shown on your screen, it triggers a GET request to fetch that image, letting Meta track ever (mastodon.social)
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[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 21 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Haha that's devilishsly clever and delightfully evil.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At this time of year?

[–] chamomile@furry.engineer 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@DrDystopia @Blaze It's a common pattern in email. Disappointing that we still have this problem, tbh.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy/_pixel

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 6 points 2 months ago

Sure, that's why reasonable email clients don't run HTML code when opening an email.

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would be fairly surprised if they actually did this for tracking purposes. This sounds like nonsense to me. They already have plenty of information about you and they literally sent the notification.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Eh, of course they will.

If they can track it, they will track it, that is pretty much a guarantee, as data equals money. Mo data, no money.

[–] FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus 1 points 2 months ago

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