That is, people can snoop on your email, if you send email which uses HTML coding (which is becoming increasingly common)....

It's through a simple Javascript code which can be embedded in the HTML code in your email....

This is a serious problem. But fortunately, there is something you can do, though it doesn't erase the problem completely.... That's by turning the Javascript off in your email reading software.

Although the article doesn't mention it, probably the safest thing to do is to NOT send any HTML-based email at all if possible (and to delete any HTML code in anything you reply to, if possible), as well as turning Javascript off....

Read the article below for more details, and more info can also be found at the Privacy Foundation web site....


New spying trick threatens email privacy