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Oct 18, 2026

Mikah SargentHOST
5:38
It's not a full and in-depth sort of understanding of what's going on.
Mikah SargentHOST
5:44
So the likeliest culprit for the method that she has is that there is a Chrome extension like Mail Track, which gets added to Gmail.
Mikah SargentHOST
5:59
So people will use this.
Mikah SargentHOST
6:00
And in that case, there is a checkmark because her sent folder will show two checkmarks next to each email.
Mikah SargentHOST
7:13
But it can give you all that information.
Mikah SargentHOST
7:15
The first time it was opened, the time and date that it was opened, all of that information can be available all because of a pixel in an email.
Mikah SargentHOST
7:25
And there are plenty of other applications outside of Mail Track that do the same thing.
Mikah SargentHOST
7:29
There are applications called Streak, Mixmax, Boomerang, Gmass, and then newsletters, oh my goodness, they are rife with those pixels.
Mikah SargentHOST
13:50
What is still reported to the sender whenever you send even if you don't have images turned on.
Mikah SargentHOST
13:56
If you click a link, well, yes, trackers, of course, reroute links through their own server first so they know that you've clicked, and that is part of Mail Track as well.
Mikah SargentHOST
14:07
A red receipt at work, Google Workspace and Outlook both have actual true red receipt features, okay? Now, this is only for work or school accounts, so personal gmail.com accounts don't give you that feature, but...
Mikah SargentHOST
14:21
It is something that can be toggled on for work accounts.
Mikah SargentHOST
6:08
It's not a full and in-depth sort of understanding of what's going on.
Mikah SargentHOST
6:14
So the likeliest culprit for the method that she has is that there is a Chrome extension like Mail Track, which gets added to Gmail.
Mikah SargentHOST
6:29
So people will use this.
Mikah SargentHOST
6:31
And in that case, there is a checkmark because her sent folder will show two checkmarks next to each email.
Mikah SargentHOST
7:43
But it can give you all that information.
Mikah SargentHOST
7:45
The first time it was opened, the time and date that it was opened, all of that information can be available all because of a pixel in an email.
Mikah SargentHOST
7:55
And there are plenty of other applications outside of Mail Track that do the same thing.
Mikah SargentHOST
7:59
There are applications called Streak, Mixmax, Boomerang, Gmass, and then newsletters, oh my goodness, they are rife with those pixels.
Mikah SargentHOST
7:15
The first time it was opened, the time and date that it was opened, all of that information can be available all because of a pixel in an email.
Mikah SargentHOST
7:25
And there are plenty of other applications outside of Mail Track that do the same thing.
Mikah SargentHOST
7:29
There are applications called Streak, Mixmax, Boomerang, Gmass.
Mikah SargentHOST
7:33
And then newsletters, oh my goodness, they are rife with those pixels.

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Mikah SargentHOST
13:05
Now, Blocking images does a lot of the work, but it doesn't stop everything because there are some things that are still part of the process there.
Mikah SargentHOST
13:20
What is still reported to the sender whenever you send even if you don't have images turned on.
Mikah SargentHOST
13:26
If you click a link, well, yes, trackers, of course, reroute links through their own server first so they know that you've clicked, and that is part of Mail Track as well.
Mikah SargentHOST
13:37
A red receipt at work, Google Workspace and Outlook both have actual true red receipt features, okay? Now, this is only for work or school accounts, so personal gmail.com accounts don't give you that feature, but it is something that can be toggled on for work accounts.

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