This post knows where you're viewing it from (Lemmy doesn't proxy external images)

https://lemmy.ml/post/3180964

This post knows where you're viewing it from (Lemmy doesn't proxy external images) - Lemmy

An external image showing your user-agent and the total "hit count" [https://trilinder.pythonanywhere.com/image.jpg]

This is true for most link aggregators that attempt to render external content. Proxying images and videos would dramatically increase costs.

If you care that much about anonymity, use a VPN/Tor and a browser with advanced fingerprinting resistance — tor browser, mullvad browser, or firefox with resist fingerprinting = true.

Free the internet with Mullvad Browser

The Mullvad Browser is a privacy-focused web browser developed in collaboration between Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project. It’s produced to minimize tracking and fingerprinting.

Mullvad VPN
That’s great except those browsers often don’t work.