Yes, it is legal to watch public Insta stories. Since they are public, the account owner has chosen to share their content with a wider audience, which includes you when you view their story.
Yes, it is legal to watch public Insta stories. Since they are public, the user has made the content available for a wide audience to view. It's like looking at a public billboard. You don't need permission to view what has been made publicly accessible.
Another way is if someone you follow shares that public story in their own story. You can then click on the shared story to watch the original public Insta story. However, this depends on your mutual connections and whether they choose to share it.
You can simply open the Instagram app. Then, on the home screen, you'll see circles at the top of the screen which represent the stories of the accounts you follow. If it's a public account, you can click on their circle to watch their story. If you want to explore public stories from accounts you don't follow, you can use the explore page where Instagram might show some popular or relevant public stories.
You can't really secretly watch an Insta story in a completely unethical or sneaky way. Instagram is designed to show who views stories. However, if you just don't want to be obvious, you can view the story when you think the person who posted it is less likely to check their views, like very early in the morning or late at night.
No, it's not legal. Instagram's privacy settings are there for a reason, and violating them by trying to view private stories without permission is against the law in terms of privacy regulations.
Well, kind of. Instagram doesn't really have a foolproof way for you to secretly watch a story without any trace. As I said before, turning off read receipts helps, but it's not a perfect solution. Another way could be if you have a secondary account that the person doesn't know about and you view the story from that account. But this might be considered unethical if you're trying to hide your view from someone you know personally.
One way could be to use a VPN service and clear your browser cache and cookies before accessing Insta stories. But keep in mind that this might not guarantee complete anonymity and could also have its own risks and legal implications.