[redwards510]

Wow, it's always funny when articles written for laymen dance around simple technical terms with fluffy language ("device", really?).

I'm really curious if this would have been considered an issue if it was just a visible header image like a logo. Does making it a single pixel make it more illegal than a image in plain sight? Both perform exactly the same function and both must be explicitly loaded by most email clients.

[mjevans]

They're probably following the legal description of the technology in question, not the actual method.

[suff]

Pretty sure the press would bump their forehead on a journalism bar set that high.

[Retric]

Journalists often use terms they don’t really understand in a context that’s not quite appropriate.

[mjevans]

Someone who did understand probably explained it IN lawyers terms to them; it may have been a tech-law focused lawyer they consulted on the ramifications, or the journalist covering navy laws in question.