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"Sexual Activity Tracked By Fitbit Shows Up In Google Search Results"

https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/03/sexual-activity-tracked-by...



> So why are Fitbit users’ profiles able to be searchable in Google? It’s not really Fitbit’s fault. When you create a profile, the default privacy setting allows profiles to be found in search results (Google, Bing, etc).

That sounds like it's Fitbit’s fault to me, although I guess some blame has to go to people who bug themselves with a device that tells a third party about every moment they're having sex in the first place. Fitbit having that data isn't much better than Google or anyone else who isn't intimately involved.


Well this was 15 years ago, all companies were trying to jump on the social media bandwagon (Google Plus launched in 2011), and both companies and users had to re-learn what privacy meant.


Four hours and 15 minutes of "vigorous" sexual activity!?

  Impetuous! Homeric! -- Michaeleen Flynn, The Quiet Man, 1952


Good for them!

Are we sure this was actually leaked and not deliberately 'leaked' as a form of bragging?




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