<p>Earlier this year Google began filtering email newsletters into a separate folder in user's inboxes. The move was explained as a way to help users organize their mail but in reality it was aimed at hampering Google's competitors: other marketers and promoters.</p><p>Gmail filters out Google's competitors | ZDNet</p><p>Now it has taken further steps to hobble the marketing efforts of newsletter publishers by cacheing images found in emails.</p><p>Again, Google says it's for the user's benefit because it can protect them from images that, "compromise the security of your computer or mobile device." It also speeds up the display of the image since it doesn't have to be fetched from servers outside of Google.</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/gmail-takes-further-steps-to-confound-marketers-7000024352/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/340042/scitech/technology/gmail-now-scans-email-images">GMail now scans email images</a> (GMA News)</p><p><a href="http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/12/16/gmail-takes-image-loading-out-of-users-hands-heres-how-to-take-it-back/">Gmail takes image loading out of users&#039; hands - here&#039;s how to take it back</a> (Naked Security)</p><p><a href="http://www.droid-life.com/2013/12/12/google-is-killing-the-display-images-below-button-in-gmail-coming-to-android-in-2014/">Google is Killing the "Display Images Below" Button in Gmail, Coming to ...</a> (Droid Life)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dLg6sTwbcuNo8xM0kB5h7ZMd9Nq2M&ned=us">206 additional articles.</a></p>