How to tell which emails quietly track you

PLUS: Diversity theater, email tracking, and the latest 'Assassin's Creed' View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 03.08.21   SPEAKING OUT Black Tech Employees Rebel Against 'Diversity Theater' BY SIDNEY FUSSELL Companies pledged money and support for people of color. But some say they still face a hostile work environment for speaking out or simply doing their jobs.   READ RECEIPT How to Tell Which Emails Quietly Track You BY DAVID NIELD Your emails know more about you than you might think, like when you open them or when you forward them to others. But you can reclaim your privacy.   RANTS AND RAVES 5 Ways Assassin's Creed Valhalla Falls Short of Greatness BY SIMON HILL In the latest installment, I'm playing a Viking during the Dark Ages. Why am I bored?   LE DELUGE The Tide Is High—and Getting Higher BY ERIC NIILER A trove of historic records show that dredging and sea level rise are making nuisance high tides worse along the US coasts. GET WIRED Flash Sale! For a limited time only, get 1 year of WIRED access for $10 $5. Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.   OPINION The Political Advertising Black Box Must Be Destroyed BY J. SCOTT BABWAH BRENNEN AND MATT PERAULT Federal law allowed Both the Trump and Biden campaigns to hide where their ad spending went. Either Congress or the FEC needs to close the loophole.   OPINION Climate Change Will Reshape Silicon Valley As We Know It BY TIM O'REILLY The next entrepreneurial revolution will arise to combat the crisis of our lifetime.   SOCIAL MEDIA Big Tech Targets DC With a Digital Charm Offensive BY GILAD EDELMAN Facebook, Amazon, and Google ads are blanketing inside-the-Beltway newsletters in a bid to rehab their tarnished reputations.   EXTORTION The Accellion Breach Keeps Getting Worse—and More Expensive BY LILY HAY NEWMAN What started as a few vulnerabilities in firewall equipment has snowballed into a global extortion spree.   PRODUCT REVIEW Welcome to Amazon's Future of Automatic Shopping. It's Weird BY LAUREN GOODE Amazon's internet-connected scale automatically re-purchases whatever you stack on it when supplies get low. This is both neat and problematic.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions