# Users stats privacy

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-stats-privacy/59539>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 20, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-stats-privacy/59539 "2017-03-20T12:13:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-stats-privacy/59539/7 "2017-03-20T19:31:58Z")

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> [@Shrike](#):
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> I believe it is as it exposes users activity in real life.

It’s not so much as “exposes” as “makes easily available”. You can get the same (or similar depending on hidden topics) information by just crawling the site.

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