MailTrackerBlocker
Email tracker, read receipt and spy pixel blocker plugin for macOS Mail (10.11-13.x) (by apparition47)
HTTPLeaks
HTTPLeaks - All possible ways, a website can leak HTTP requests (by cure53)
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| MailTrackerBlocker | HTTPLeaks | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 3 | |
| 1,101 | 1,921 | |
| - | - | |
| 6.2 | 0.0 | |
| 7 days ago | over 2 years ago | |
| Objective-C | HTML | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
MailTrackerBlocker
Posts with mentions or reviews of MailTrackerBlocker.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-30.
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LPT: turn off "auto display images" in your email to stop hidden read receipt trackers
I typically use the Apple Mail macOS client and it has some built-in proxy feature to block trackers that I recommend using. I also developed the MailTrackerBlocker plugin if that feature doesn’t work for you for some reason (older macOS version, etc).
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Looking for Extensions to Mail
I was suggest this: https://apparition47.github.io/MailTrackerBlocker is great if you have a DNS ads blocker
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Email Tracking
From the MailTrackerBlocker website:
- Apple Putting a Stop to Email Tracking Pixels With Mail Privacy Protection
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What's in email tracking links and pixels?
I have found MailTrackerBlocker [1] to be useful to block tracking.
1. https://github.com/apparition47/MailTrackerBlocker
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Apple announced App Privacy Report, changes to Mail and Safari
Currently, there is a Mail plugin to block them. https://github.com/apparition47/MailTrackerBlocker
- MailTrackerBlocker 0.4.1 – The biggest feature update yet
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Why does Pocket (owned by Mozilla) have tracking elements embedded in their email newsletters?
I employ Mail Tracker Blocker on macOS Apple Mail and I see that this plug in is blocking something. So, why does Pocket, which is owned by Mozilla, a privacy forward company, have trackers in their "Pocket Hits" newsletter?
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Eero Secure - Particularly AD Block
I use eero Secure Ad Block alongside Wipr (iOS/Mac), Hush (iOS/Mac), and MailTrackerBlocker (Mac).
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How to Tell Which Emails Quietly Track You
If you use Mail on Mac check out this article from Daring Fireball on a tracker blocking plugin. It’s called MailTrackerBlocker and it’s open sourced on GitHub
HTTPLeaks
Posts with mentions or reviews of HTTPLeaks.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-03-01.
- Is mailtracker legal?
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A man thought opening a TXT file is fine, he thought wrong. macOS CVE-2019-8761
The link provided in the article to HTTPLeaks required some sort of login for me. Here is the direct link:
* https://github.com/cure53/HTTPLeaks
There are a lot of ways HTML can leak information. This is an attempt to create a test for all such leaks. Unfortunately, people keep inventing new ways for HTML interpretation to leak data.
- How effective are email tracking pixel blockers like MailTrackerBlocker and UglyEmail?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing MailTrackerBlocker and HTTPLeaks you can also consider the following projects:
macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide - Guide to securing and improving privacy on macOS
nextdns - NextDNS CLI client (DoH Proxy)
AdGuardHome - Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server
CyberChef - The Cyber Swiss Army Knife - a web app for encryption, encoding, compression and data analysis
kill-the-newsletter.com - Convert email newsletters into Atom feeds
mnm - mnm implements TMTP protocol. Let Internet sites message members directly, instead of unreliable, insecure email. Contributors welcome! (Server)