KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — When you go online, whether from your phone, laptop or tablet, many times you’re being watched. A fact that many online users we spoke with say is becoming the norm. “It’s ...

Every time you open an email, someone may be watching, because hidden within it could lie a tracking pixel—one of the most potent marketing tools today. When you open an email, it quietly pings the ...

Your inbox might look clean once spam is filtered out, but that doesn't mean it is private. Marketing emails and newsletters include tracking pixels that call back to the sender when their images load ...

If you're getting marketing emails in your inbox, you should know that the companies are likely using the messages to spy on you. They're using a technology developed for email called tracking pixels ...

In the world of digital marketing, tracking pixels have long been the secret sauce for companies trying to understand their customers. These tiny, invisible bits of code are embedded in websites and ...

This article was copublished with The Markup, a nonprofit, investigative newsroom that challenges technology to serve the public good. Sign up for its newsletters here. Picture a high school student ...

Email has been around for over 50 years. Back in 1971, what is widely regarded as the first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson as a test of an email feature on Arpanet. Since no one had told him what the ...