Published Assets and Connect User Count - Shared Users

I had a few questions regarding the Connected User, what trigger a user to be counted as a Connected User and the effect of sharing published assets.

Is one of the triggers to be included in the connected user count who is shared to an asset regardless if they don't have a Smartsheet login or whether they access or view an asset on the Smartsheet platform?

For example:

  1. Someone is shared to an asset, does NOT have a Smartsheet login but views a Published asset I own, will that person be counted as a connected user under my plan?
  2. Someone is shared to an asset, never views or accesses the asset because they were termed the day you shared the asset, will that person a connected user?
  3. If someone is shared to an asset but never views or access an asset with a Smartsheet login or direct URL to the Smartsheet platform, instead views it as an embedded image on another platform, will they be a connected user?
  4. Lastly, I wanted to confirm, if I publish a dashboard and send the URL to someone who does NOT have a Smartsheet login and NOT shared to any assets, that person can view ALL the data as I (the owner) would see it as if all filters and permissions were removed, right?

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