PixelBlock

PixelBlock is a Gmail extension that blocks people from tracking when you open their emails.

What is PixelBlock?

PixelBlock is a Chrome extension that allows Gmail users to block email tracking attempts. This tool safeguards your privacy by preventing email senders from knowing when you open and read their emails. PixelBlock is effective, user-friendly, and displays a 'red eye' symbol as an indicator when it successfully blocks a tracking attempt.

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By: omar.w.qureshi

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Users: 90,000+

Rating: 3.67 (212) ▲ 1 new ratings

Version: 2024.03.12 (Last updated: 2024-03-12)

Creation date: 2019-04-09

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

*://*.googleusercontent.com/proxy/*
*://*.googleusercontent.com/meips/*
*://mail.google.com/*
webRequest
webRequestBlocking

Size: 180.22K

Email: om*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 2837 ▼ 19

Other rankings

#1548 in Accessibility ▲ 6 #86 in block keyword 86 ▲ 9 #123 in tracking keyword 50 ▼ 12

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Summary

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PixelBlock is an Gmail extension that blocks email tracking attempts used to detect when you open and read emails. PixelBlock displays a 'red eye' when it finds and blocks a tracking attempt inside of an email.

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Blocks email tracking pixels
Does not request weird permissions
Useful when it works properly

Cons

Blocks all images in Gmail
No longer actively maintained or updated
Issues with the 'eye' icon not being displayed

Most mentioned

Blocks all images in Gmail
No longer actively maintained or updated
Issues with the 'eye' icon not being displayed

Recent reviews

Приложение не работает

Николай Пахомов (NikNikols), 2024-04-26

Très bonne extension. Merci, oubliez les avis négatifs (qui ignorent le travail que maintenir cette extension nécessite). C'est léger, ça fait le job, c'est régulièrement mis à jour : bravo.

Sébastien Hodiesne-Pereira, 2024-04-23

Javier “Bot-X1ER” Silva, 2024-04-21

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Safety

Risk impact

PixelBlock is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install PixelBlock if you trust the publisher.