Superhuman says it will disable email read receipts by default after privacy controversy

Just days after email startup Superhuman was embroiled in controversy over its use of tracking pixels that let users see when and even where recipients opened their emails, company CEO Rahul Vohra is thoroughly apologizing — and promising to change his company. Effective immediately, he writes, Superhuman will stop tracking location, will delete existing location information, and will turn off read receipts by default. Here is Vohra’s official blog post, and some additional apology in his tweets: 2/ I know I have come under fire for being quiet. I had to take the time to think deeply and from first principles. I hope our community will understand that.— Rahul Vohra (@rahulvohra) July 3, 2019 4/ We are making some big changes to... Continue reading…