[ilugd] [OT] Spy trackers in Indiatimes mailers?

[Sandip Bhattacharya]

Just found the following tag hidden in the source at the bottom of an 
Indiatimes astrology promo mail which just hit my mailbox. I dont 
remember subscribing to this list, and there was no information in the 
mail about how to unsubscribe. And on top of that the following tag is 
most probably being used to clandestinely confirm my email address if I 
open it in my HTML mail client (Thunderbird).

<img 
src='http://imtmailer.indiatimes.com/imtetrack.php?event=open&[EMAIL PROTECTED]&dbkey=Astro_Bejan' 
width='1' height='1' >

- Sandip

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Sandip Bhattacharya
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