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Apple's OS X Spotlight Found to Expose Private Email Data

Apple's OS X Mail platform has a loophole that exposes user behavior of email users that think that they are using privacy settings. Essentially if the user uses Spotlight to search through email messages, the preview pane loads the email and automatically renders any images embedded in the emails. This automatically sends click through data back to the sender, even if the consumer has set up privacy blocking software to keep their activity private. 

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