Ever wonder if that job application you sent was read? Does your mother, brother, sister, lover, friend read the emails you send? Not to worry. SpyPig takes all the guesswork out of emails. The newly launched site with a catchy name uses the same sort of technology spammers use to see if your email is real and actively read. How? you ask. Spammers embed images in their emails. Once you open your email, the image loads and, a unique identifier is sent back to the spammer letting them know that yours is a valid email address. With SpyPig, you enter your email address, message title and then choose from a small selection of SpyPig images to embed. They range from a cute little pig, to a little text graphic reading :I know you’ve read my email!”. Or if you want to go incognito, choose the deceptive white box. Type up the email and then send as normal. SpyPig will send you an email back letting you know the email was read. SpyPig works with Gmail, Outlook, Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo,etc. However, it’ll only work with HTML email, so people who read their emails in plain text will find the image as an attachment rather than an embed. Rich-text emails aren’t fooled either. Regardless, it’s free. Try it.
“Now you can find out when your email has been read by the recipient! No more guessing: "Has he or she read my email yet?"
SpyPig is a simple email tracking system that sends you a notification email as soon as the recipient opens and reads your message.”
SpyPig is a simple email tracking system that sends you a notification email as soon as the recipient opens and reads your message.”
SpyPig is a handy tool and likely to appeal to just about everybody who sends email. People are curious. SpyPig allows user to satisfy a small slice of the curiosity pie.
Will users fall for the SpyPig trap? It is limited, afterall, to HTML read emails. What potential harm can come from SpyPig? Users are crafty these days and with SpyPig, pranksters may have another tool at their disposal.
