full-disclosure - Is the FBI using email Web bugs?

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From: gui at goddessmoon.org (Poof)
Subject: Is the FBI using email Web bugs? 

No- because the cache server on its first request will usually give it an
"X-REQUESTER-IP" (Something like that- I don't remember the exact name
though.)

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com [mailto:full-disclosure-
> admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of Paulo Pereira
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 9:45 AM
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Is the FBI using email Web bugs?
> 
> Isn't it true that transparent caching systems defeat the purpose of web
> bugs?
> 
> Sure that whoever is running the bug still knows that his email is being
> read but he loses the ability to get the specific addresses and only gets
> the address of the cache.
> 
> Paulo Pereira
> 
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