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A routine interaction — a like or reply from a third-party user — triggers automatic data sharing with an external service, conditioned only on the user's profile being public.
Having a public profile means that any like or reply from a Third Party User causes your post and information to be sent to an external service outside Threads.
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A routine interaction — a like or reply from a third-party user — triggers automatic data sharing with an external service, conditioned only on the user's profile being public.
Having a public profile means that any like or reply from a Third Party User causes your post and information to be sent to an external service outside Threads.
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