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@ -824,11 +824,13 @@ Setting identity colors is a pro feature.
Viewing remotely stored images (see also [this FAQ](#user-content-faq27)) might not only tell the sender that you have seen the message,
but will also leak your IP address.
Opening attachments or viewing an original message might execute scripts,
Opening attachments or viewing an original message might load remote content and execute scripts,
that might not only cause privacy sensitive information to leak, but can also be a security risk.
Note that your contacts could unknowingly send malicious messages if they got infected with malware.
FairEmail formats messages again causing messages to look different from the original, but also uncovering phishing links.
The Gmail app shows images by default by downloading the images through a Google proxy server.
Since the images are downloaded from the source server [in real-time](https://blog.filippo.io/how-the-new-gmail-image-proxy-works-and-what-this-means-for-you/),
this is even less secure because Google is involved too without providing much benefit.