Possible to Get Malware by Just Opening an Email?

[Stephen Tashi]

From an earlier paragraph in the article:

This basic technique has been developed further so that many types of elements can be used as beacons. Currently, these can include visible elements such as graphics, banners, or buttons, but also non-pictorial HTML elements such as the frame, style, script, input link, embed, object, etc., of an email or web page.

 

[pbuk]

That is correct for a web page, but not for an email (well it may have been about 20 years ago when HTML emails were first a thing, but certainly not 'currently').

 

[anorlunda]

It should be mentioned that email clients are not alike. I use gmail. The privacy of gmail sucks. But gmail does an excellent job of filtering out spam and malware mails.

Only 3 or 4 times per year does a suspicious mail make it through to my inbox.