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		manojlds on Oct 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook crawls links in PDFs you send in Messenge... Mostly to scan the PDF and ensure it's safe I believe, or atleast that's would be the stated reason.

strstr on Oct 26, 2019 [–]

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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