Thunderbird: Free Your InboxMay 9, 2023

By default, #Thunderbird automatically blocks images in your emails from being displayed -- because many of those images may contain tracking code.

(Sometimes these images are tiny "tracking pixels" you may not even see).

Take your protection one step further by installing #uBlock Origin to block all kinds of unwanted content in your RSS feeds -- it's now an official Thunderbird Add-on: https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/ublock-origin/

#Privacy #Email

(EDITED FOR CLARITY)

uBlock Origin

Finally, an efficient blocker. Easy on CPU and memory. uBlock Origin (uBO) is a CPU and memory-efficient wide-spectrum content blocker that blocks ads, trackers, coin miners, popups, annoying anti-blockers, etc. in your feeds.

Show threadSteve's Place

@thunderbird I use it in Firefox. It is exceptionally good at finding them.

I have in the past used ads on sites. The only way a site gets credit for showing one is for that pixel to display. We don't like subscription model sites but we block ads so sooner or later that model we don't like is going to become ubiquitous across the web if sites can't get sufficient ad revenue to stay afloat.

Begging doesn't seem sustainable without the cachet of public broadcasting.

I will still use it. Sigh.

May 9, 2023 at 10:07amWeb