[Vera H]

Hello, if anyone can give me some information on the below I'd appreciate it. I have written in bullet points to make it as clear as possible:

 

1) I received a 403 forbidden error message when looking at someone's social media posts on Threads. 

 

2) Their social media profile is public. I am not a member of the social media site so was not logged into the site fyi. 

 

3) My main question is this: 

 

a) who issues a 403 forbidden message - is it Threads (social media company) or the profile owner?

 

b) why was it issued if their profile is open to the public and I wasn't interacting with it, I was just looking at their posts. 

 

c) does a 403 forbidden message mean that the profile owner would know I was issued with a 403 forbidden message? Would they have been given my personal name and told I was looking at their profile? This is my main concern. To reiterate, I was not logged into Threads as I'm not a member but I'm not sure what information the social media company would be able to get from me just by me viewing one of their profiles. 

 

Thank you to anyone who has knowledge of this kind of query. Kind regards, Vera