Reveal your sex life in the name of science.

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With privacy concerns addressed, Indiana University, Bloomington, has re-released the free Kinsey Reporter app, a global mobile survey platform for collecting and reporting anonymous data about sexual and other intimate behaviors. The pilot project was announced late last fall, but researchers from IU's School of Informatics and Computing and project partner The Kinsey Institute delayed the public release until the university properly could review the project fully for any potential privacy-related legal issues.

Kinsey Reporter allows citizen observers around the world to use free applications not only to report on sexual behavior and experiences, but to share, explore, and visualize the accumulated data. Reports will be used for research and shared with the public at the Kinsey Reporter website.

Reports will wait in a geographically defined queue until a quantity threshold is met in order to remove any fears that reports from low-population areas might be recognizable. Users have the option of selecting their own geographic preference for the report by choosing city/town, state/region, or country.

After downloading the app, users can contribute observed information on topics such as sexual activity, public displays of affection, flirting, unwanted experiences, and birth control use. Survey types change over time, and users are able to view aggregated reports by...