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Re:Some users say they're getting rid of Fitbit because they... by heavyset_go on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @02:50PM (#21577454)
> Please explain to me my naiveté here.

There is nearly zero incentive to actually your anonymize data, and anonymization doesn't make you anonymous.

This is a lesson we should have learned more than a decade ago[1], when AOL released their anonymized search data for research purposes, and thousands of people were trivially identified using it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_search_data_leak

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Re:Some users say they're getting rid of Fitbit because they... by pmarreck on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @10:20AM (#21584635)
And they were sued due to violating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

So, not really "nearly zero incentive" IMHO.

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Re:Some users say they're getting rid of Fitbit because they... by heavyset_go on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @12:45PM (#21586276)
They were sued because the public had access to the data and saw what was in it.

If companies share data between parties who want to profit from said data, nobody is going to run to their state's Attorney General over it.

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