[whateveracct]

> To answer these questions, we dug our claws into aggregate, de-identified data from a sample of about 160,000 people in the United States who shared photos of cats or dogs (or both) on Facebook.

How is looking at aggregate, de-identified data an intrusion into people's private data? ?? ?

[beefsack]

This article is interesting, but it alludes to the level of profiling they do on their user-base, and that part is scary.

[whateveracct]

What is scary about using statistics on data your users knowingly give you?