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

[inportb]

The real question is: what can we do with the data?

[raheemm → inportb]

Collect dataset of low sexual activity people, connect with Facebook, analyze users Like and Commenting patterns and then build a Facebook dating app that suggests local deals, and activities with other low sexual activity folks.

[blantonl → raheemm]

So are you suggesting a startup called Groupsexon?

[MatthewPhillips → raheemm]

Or: collect dataset of short sexual duration people, spam with virility supplements.

[jmaygarden → MatthewPhillips]

Instead of the normal find any email address and spam with virility supplements?

[LaGrange → raheemm]

Correlate all data with foursquare too, and on the morning after, send an email with the subject like "Know what Robert really likes? Chocolate. Here's where to get a brand that's like his favorite but he never had it."

[nametoremember → inportb]

That's not the real question at all. If the website didn't explicitly state that this information would be private then it is a privacy issue.

[dholowiski → inportb]

Surely google can use this as a search signal?

[inportb → dholowiski]

... or integrate it into Google+ recommendations.

[dholowiski → inportb]

Hm. If two people were fitbit users, google could automatically +1 depending on the duration. I predict a new saying: "I'd +1 that".