mentioned yesterday, but this shit could get ugly if this data is fully analyzed, or if any of it gets sopeaned (sp?)

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/06/aol-proudly-releases-massive-amounts-of-user-search-data/
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-08-07-n22.html
http://www.siliconbeat.com/entries/2006/08/06/aol_research_exposes_data_weve_got_a_little_sick_feeling.html
http://battellemedia.com/archives/002792.php
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060807-7433.html

8/7/2006 2:13:05 PM

people still use aol? intentionally?

8/7/2006 2:22:46 PM

this advertisement for AOL's junk

my sister still has AOL dial-up (yes i know) and i beg her to leave them and just pay for broadband.

8/7/2006 2:25:12 PM

Wow. That's fucked up in a ton of ways.

8/7/2006 3:15:42 PM

http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/08/07/aol-search-data-shows-users-planning-to-commit-murder/

8/8/2006 1:55:33 PM

Quote :

"17556639 how to kill your wife 17556639 how to kill your wife 17556639 wife killer 17556639 how to kill a wife 17556639 poop 17556639 dead people 17556639 pictures of dead people 17556639 killed people 17556639 dead pictures 17556639 dead pictures 17556639 dead pictures 17556639 murder photo 17556639 steak and cheese 17556639 photo of death 17556639 photo of death 17556639 death 17556639 dead people photos 17556639 photo of dead people 17556639 http://www.murderdpeople.com 17556639 decapatated photos 17556639 decapatated photos 17556639 car crashes3 17556639 car crashes3 17556639 car crash photo"

8/8/2006 2:00:32 PM

^ hehe well that narrows it down to people on this messageboard!

8/8/2006 2:16:56 PM

haha

Quote :

"17556639 murder photo 17556639 steak and cheese 17556639 photo of death"

8/8/2006 2:18:08 PM

I'm glad I wasn't the only one that noticed the one that didn't belong.

8/8/2006 2:34:20 PM

i'd like to see a crazy lawsuit come out of this

http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-08-08-n53.html

Quote :

"User 3286034 Like many other AOL users, 3286034 got hit with a phishing mail addressed to him (“dear [full name]...”), and he pasted it into the search box to check on it. This reveals his full name, which can then be connected to all the other searches he did over the course of three months."

Quote :

"User 20320 We got a horse guy here. 20320’s searches circle around saddlery, horse racing, and jockeys. Other searches reveal 20320’s hometown, the age of 20320’s children, and the summer camp they’re going to. A search on May 18 is compiling facts on a “fast divorce”."

8/8/2006 5:01:25 PM

Quote :

"17556639 poop"

no harm, no foul

8/8/2006 5:24:19 PM

main stream media picks up on it, identifies an AOL user via her search record, contacts and interviews the user. gg.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/technology/09aol.html?ex=1312776000&en=f6f61949c6da4d38&ei=5090

might need bugmenot.com to login

[Edited on August 9, 2006 at 8:38 AM. Reason : .]

8/9/2006 8:33:31 AM

8/9/2006 9:42:08 AM

subpoenaed

8/9/2006 8:59:43 PM

^ ah, no wonder i couldn't get google to recognize it and make a suggestion.... i wasn't even in the right ballpark

8/9/2006 9:39:20 PM

http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=425990

What happens when I get drunk alone. Of course I did learn a few Access tricks.

8/11/2006 11:54:59 PM

AOL CTO fired
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/heads-roll-at-aol/

8/21/2006 5:27:28 PM

privacy on the internet?

8/22/2006 10:17:41 PM