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Fitbit users are unwittingly sharing details of their sex lives with the world

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Re: Fitbit users are unwittingly sharing details of their sex lives with the world

#11

It can tell that you're hugging and kissing with just an accelerometer? And it doesn't matter where it's attached to you?

I don't know if the author intended to imply that, but I don't read that any place in the article. It does mention entering data for times when wearing your device is inappropriate.

That said, I don't think the thing could possibly tell the difference between jostling around on a ladder and hugs-n-kisses.

Re: Fitbit users are unwittingly sharing details of their sex lives with the world

#12
post #6

Is it only Americans that see this as a problem? Let me be the first European to redundantly point out that sex is natural and nothing to be ashamed of. So what's the big deal? How many more years will it take the moral (majority?) to get over the way our bodies work.

I can't say for sure, but as a Greek-American living in Denmark, I don't think any of the three nationalities I have contact with would be particularly happy about a publicly broadcast log of every time they have sex, especially if they didn't realize it was happening. Sex might be natural, but publicly posting a sex-diary is unusual at best.

Re: Fitbit users are unwittingly sharing details of their sex lives with the world

#13
To be fair, the only reason this info is public is the person is 'tagging' the activity. By default all tagged links in delicious are public and that makes sense. If you tag an activity like this on fitbit, you should mark it private.

I have a fitbit and I can't for the life of me figure out why people would start tagging every activity they do and start and end times... but if they are adding tags, comments, and other personal details they should mark it all private.

Re: Fitbit users are unwittingly sharing details of their sex lives with the world

#15
On a public account on Daytum.com I once came across a chart in which a couple seemed to be logging their sexual positions, including "what what in the butt."

Daytum is pretty much anonymous are far as the end user goes, there's no name or "social" information to an account, but it was pretty funny and doubt they knew other people could see that data.

Re: Fitbit users are unwittingly sharing details of their sex lives with the world

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post #6

Is it only Americans that see this as a problem? Let me be the first European to redundantly point out that sex is natural and nothing to be ashamed of. So what's the big deal? How many more years will it take the moral (majority?) to get over the way our bodies work.

sex has more social implications than other body functions.

e.g., someone notices their partner logs sexual activity shortly after "meeting with friends from work" every thursday.

there are less dramatic examples any adult should be able to imagine.

actually, i suspect you just jumped at the opportunity to parade how "progressive" you are.

Re: Fitbit users are unwittingly sharing details of their sex lives with the world

#18
Seriously: who cares?

If I'd had the exhibitionist inclination to publish my jogging and TV watching habits, I would not mind having the duration of my sexual activity published as well. Who cares? It's not like having sex is something top secret nobody else does.

But since I would not want to publish all my questionable efforts to stay in shape, it would probably be a good idea to make the public/private setting a little more obvious.

Re: Fitbit users are unwittingly sharing details of their sex lives with the world

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post #17
post #6

Is it only Americans that see this as a problem? Let me be the first European to redundantly point out that sex is natural and nothing to be ashamed of. So what's the big deal? How many more years will it take the moral (majority?) to get over the way our bodies work.

sex has more social implications than other body functions. e.g., someone notices their partner logs sexual activity shortly after "meeting with friends from work" every thursday. there are less dramatic examples any adult should be able to imagine. actually, i suspect you just jumped at the opportunity to parade how "progressive" you are.

I don't see the problem of this. It's something you decided to share.

Your example is pretty odd. Why would you log entries of your sexual activities which are not considered ok in your relationship?

Sure, it can have social implications but I don't feel going overprotective on this. You should know where you log stuff which you consider sensitive.

Re: Fitbit users are unwittingly sharing details of their sex lives with the world

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post #5

I think it's crazy that they by default share when you have sex, for how long, and how hard, but that they decided that weight and bmi information should be private.

Weight and bmi are information about you. Sex and other activies are information of your activies. It's simply grouped as it should be.
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