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Why the big fuss over some AOL data?

Started by mathewi · 1 年 ago

I know I’m late to the party on this one, but I have to say I’m kind of confused about the huge outcry over AOL releasing a pile of supposedly “secret” personal data as part of what seems to be a misguided research effort, something for which it ha ... Continue reading »

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  • We created a web interface to the data. It is available at http://www.aolsearchlogs.com/
  • Matt, I think that privacy is the main issue here.. and not its fair to over react, because its possible to find out stuff about a users. Typical e.g NYT reveals ID and PIC of a user 4417749. This is a casual reverse engingeering effort in progress !!

    Just imagaine what else , others can data mine within the data set ?? Our intiatl pentest boxes reveals a lot and interesting information !!

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