Shot in the dark, but could tracking pixels fall afoul of wiretapping laws? It's a single bit of information, but it is a 1-bit recording gathered without the other party's consent.
Tracking pixels have been a normal part of the email ecosystem for more than 20 years. If an esoteric use of the law was going to stop it it would be done by now.
This is basically what GDPR is designed to stop.
That’s not reusing old law, that’s a law designed purposely to stop this.
Tracking pixels have been complained about for a long time too. There are actual real people who have actual real physical problems with being tracked and their law says they have freedom to privacy but it's normally violated.
We should leave Jim Crow voting laws in place because they have been a normal part of the electoral system for 150 years.
That single bit carries a lot of potential information with it:
- location
- time when the person is active i.e does the victim use computer at 11pm?
- mail client used
- potential to connect user with other services using ip/MUA tracking