AOL releases 20 million web searches and users are personally identified

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, August 10, 2006 - Save & Share - Leave a Comment

AOL released 20 million ‘anonymous’ search queries in the hope it would “benefit academic researchers”, only to find out that the data could be used to track down and identify users.

 

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