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re: Link my accounts and BEACONS
 

I AM opening on iphone and no i don't see them say images are not being displayed. HMM

re: Link my accounts and BEACONS
 

Which one is it?

re: Link my accounts and BEACONS
 

Are you used 3rd party software to read your gmail?

On a phone it should say something along the lines of 'internet pictures are blocked'

Need to know which method you are using, iPhone (and then what you are using to read the emails) or Computer to advise correctly.

re: Link my accounts and BEACONS
 

@amysol, just keep it simple right now (if you're having problems) and log into each eB of yours and answer e-mail via the site.

Beacon talk....again....
 

ebayaintstupid wrote EDITORS NOTE:
back in 2007

Is this the case? Or are we saying that ebay CAN track you when opening your email?

I have all my emails forwarded to gmail. I have gmail settings to

Images are not displayed. Display images below - Always display images from

Does this block the beacons? But the links are still clickable correct?


MAIN QUESTION: When reading the messages in my iphone with gmail, i do not see the "Images are not displayed" message. AM I safe, or not safe? The internet going to the phone is used for stealth.


thanks...

Re: Link my accounts and BEACONS
 

What do you mean keep it simple? I have 7 ebay accounts. I'd like to safely view them all in my gmail account. I was under the impression that was the simplest of ways to see what's happening everywhere in one place.

What I'm unclear about, is when I open gmail using the iphone mail app where I've set up my gmail account, I don't see the words indicating that I've blocked anything. However, when I log in on the pc to google email, I do see this.

I want to be sure that it's safe to view the emails from my iphone.

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It means...since you are having difficulties blocking web beacons, it may be best if you keep it simple by just logging into your GMail account when you're at your PC.

JamesNorth has been kind enough to provide detailed instructions to follow on how to block web beacons.

If you did that already, then that should be all that is needed. Are you seeing graphic images? Or just text?

Re: Link my accounts and BEACONS
 

On the iphone I see graphic images, on the pc just the text. I thought I heard someone mention that it's ok on the iphone. But, I'm not sure.

Re: Link my accounts and BEACONS
 

You shouldn't see text on the phone either. I just checked my stealth mail on the phone now and I only see empty boxes of where the image gif's would normally be.

For example, where the Paypal logo would be, its just an empty box.

I use gmail app on my Samsung Galaxy.

You said you have an iPhone. Are you using the ibismail app to read your mail? If not, I suggest you do.

Re: Link my accounts and BEACONS
 

Additional steps you can take if you are worried:
1. in ebay settings, in communication preferences, change email delivery from HTML to Text

If you want to prevent accidental butt click on a link from your phone:
2. don't check email on your phone, only on a computer. Use thunderbird and change the setting to only display text only in plain text.
Select View | Message Body As | Plain Text from the menu.

If you want to prevent accidental reply from thunderbird
3. Prevent accidental reply to email from thunderbird by changing the SMTP setting on the account (you can put a bogus one last SMTPASPKIN.google.com

if you want to be bullet proof and prevent accidental click on link:
4. Change change the HOSTS file on your computer and redirect all paypal/ebay domain to 0.0.0.0

It may be overkill for most but I have employees that are great but I can't trust them to not make a mistake.

Note: You can also use step 4 if you have employees shipping your ebay orders from Auctiva and want to be sure they don't accidentally click on an ebay link and link multiple accounts.

thx
J.

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The iPhone doesn't support flash, so flash cookies are not a concern , I been using it for 9 months no problems.
Just do not reply or click on any links from your iPhone unless you first clear all data cookies and have the appropriate IP. I just read the email and if there is a question I log into the account and answer the question.

Once you get your system down changing IPs can take anywhere from 2 seconds to 2 mins so not a big deal.

Because the iPhone does not support flash it is different than the android where it asks if u like to display images. I have both iPhone and android

If using android never turn images on if you have an iPhone just use common sense. If you try and respond directly from an email think about it what IP are you currently on or have you been on another account with first clearing cookies?

Use your IPhone as a tool for stealth. If I didn't have it if be lost I have an app to keep track and let me know if the IP I'm on is new . IPVIEW, the mail center lets you know when and what you have to do at the exact time with each account.

I have another app that is called Password Vault which contains one section of browsers with all stealth ID AND PASSWORD saved. You just need to click to log on, another section for notes where I have stealth 1 s2, s3, and so on with every piece of information associated with that account and so easily able to print or email to back up.

It has apps like TEXT+ where I create free phone numbers to verify every ebay seller account and then it has all your banking apps.

But it's best to log into your PC under the correct user id with cookies when operating your account especially paypal withdrawals. It's ok to use safari to log in to answer questions just clear all cookies , data , cache and new IP before hand.

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would you please provide more information how to set up the Step 4?