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Re:Facebook crawls links in PDFs you send in Messenger by manojlds on Saturday October 26, 2019 @12:23PM (#21364565)
Mostly to scan the PDF and ensure it's safe I believe, or atleast that's would be the stated reason.
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Re:Facebook crawls links in PDFs you send in Messenger by strstr on Saturday October 26, 2019 @01:18PM (#21364923)
I can believe that (despite the obvious creepyness), since FB users have a knack for getting owned and spreading that ownage to other users.
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