Spies don’t like us

Shields up, we got your back.

HEY protects your privacy by preventing senders from tracking what you do with their email.

It’s our business to make it none of their business

Did you know that simply opening an email can expose all sorts of things about you without you even knowing it? It’s true.


When you open an email, the sender can find out if you opened it, how often you reopened it, where you physically were when you opened it, how long you spent reading it, if you were on a phone or a computer when you opened it, and even what kind of phone or computer you own.

What’s startling is that the sender doesn’t even need your permission. By simply sending you an email, they’re able to learn things about your behavior that you’d never voluntarily offer up. All against your will.

They typically do this by using a service that embeds a spy pixel in emails they send you. A spy pixel is a tiny, often invisible image that’s hidden in an email. When you open the email, the image is downloaded from their server. Bingo — now they know you’ve read it (and potentially a whole lot more).

We think that’s a gross invasion of your privacy. In fact, we believe it should be illegal, and punishable by law.

While we don’t get to write the laws, we do get to build defenses: If you use HEY, we’ll protect you against the vast majority of email spy trackers. In almost all cases, people sending you email with spy pixels to your HEY account won’t know if you opened their email, when you opened their email, how often you opened their email, etc. That’s your business, not theirs. HEY’s on your side, not theirs.

HEY manages this protection through several layers of defenses. First, we’ve identified all the major spy-pixel patterns, so we can strip those out directly. When we find one of those pesky pixels, we’ll tell you exactly who put it in there, and from what email application it came. Second, we bulk strip everything that even smells like a spy pixel. That includes 1x1 images, trackers hidden in code, and everything else we can do to protect you. Between those two practices, we’re confident we’ll catch 98% of all the tracking that’s happening out there.

But even if a spy pixel sneaks through our defenses (and we vow to keep them updated all the time!), you’ll have an effective last line of defense: HEY routes all images through our own servers first, so your IP address never leaks. This prevents anyone from discovering your physical location just by opening an email. Like VPN, but for email.

HEY puts your privacy above the desires of the marketer, the salesperson, or the rando who wants to know what you do in the privacy of your own Inbox. We’ve got your back. With HEY, you can open email without worrying that someone on the other end knows what you’re doing.

And of course, HEY will never embed spy trackers in emails you send either. We’ll protect your privacy, but we’ll also protect the privacy of anyone you email. Everyone deserves email free from trackers.


HEY strips spy trackers from every email before they land in your inbox.
You’ll still get the email, the sender just won’t know you opened it.

HEY blocks spy trackers from these services:
Personal Email Tracker
Superhuman
Sales
Salesforce
Bulk Sender
Mailgun
Sales
Intercom
Sales
Hubspot
Email Marketing
Campaign Monitor
Email Marketing
MailChimp
Personal Email Tracker
Gem
Personal Email Tracker
Getnotify
Personal Email Tracker
Mailspring
Bulk Sender
Mandrill
Bulk Sender
Mailjet
Email Marketing
ConvertKit
Bulk Sender
YAMM
Sales
Nethunt
Personal Email Tracker
Yesware
Sales
Cirrus Insight
Personal Email Tracker
Polymail
Personal Email Tracker
Mailtrack
Personal Email Tracker
Streak
Personal Email Tracker
Boomerang
Bulk Sender
Getresponse
Bulk Sender
Contact Monkey
Sales
Buzzstream
Sales
Close.io
Bulk Sender
AWeber
Email Marketing
TinyLetter
Email Marketing
Constant Contact
Sales
FreshMail
Sales
ActiveCampaign
Bulk Sender
Return Path
Sales
Marketo
Bulk Sender
Sendgrid
Sales
Zendesk Sell
Email Marketing
Sendy
Email Marketing
Litmus
Email Marketing
Klaviyo
Email Marketing
Emarsys
Personal Email Tracker
Bananatag
Email Marketing
Critical Impact
Personal Email Tracker
GrowthDot
Email Marketing
iContact
Sales
MixMax
Email Marketing
Mixpanel
Sales
Outreach
Email Marketing
phpList
Bulk Sender
Postmark
Email Marketing
Sailthru
Email Marketing
Thunderhead

Here’s hoping these companies change their tune.
In the meantime, we’ve got you covered.