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ReadReceipt

Email senders can use a trick called a 'tracking pixel' to know exactly when you open their emails, just like a read receipt.

These pixels are not only hard to detect, but they also give away lots of personal information!

Using this website, you can receive an email containing my implementation of a tracking pixel to see examples of the information you're giving away simply by opening emails.

Hosted at: https://read-receipt.tobythe.dev

Dev Setup

Project needs a .env file with the following properties for the SMTP server as well as a mock IP address to use when run as a dev build:

EMAIL_HOST=localhost
EMAIL_PORT=25
EMAIL_SENDER_NAME=Read Receipt
[email protected]
EMAIL_USER=user
EMAIL_PASS=pass
DEV_IP=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

To run the project use:

npm install
npm run dev

License

read-receipt is copyrighted and is not available for re-distribution or re-use.

Copyright © 2020-2024 Toby Smith.

Protected by: License-Cop

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