Comments on: AOL Gate: Search Query Data Scandal http://elliottback.com/wp/aol-gate-search-query-data-scandal/ Internet & Technology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:01:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Updates on the aol scandal http://elliottback.com/wp/aol-gate-search-query-data-scandal/#comment-2196251 Updates on the aol scandal Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:07:54 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/08/07/aol-gate-search-query-data-scandal/#comment-2196251 [...] Eliott Back searched the data for credit card numbers, social security numbers and email addresses and found disturbing numbers. He found an undisclosed amount of credit card numbers, about 200 social security numbers and nearly 60 email addresses. The danger that someone will misuse the given data is present and likely. [...] [...] Eliott Back searched the data for credit card numbers, social security numbers and email addresses and found disturbing numbers. He found an undisclosed amount of credit card numbers, about 200 social security numbers and nearly 60 email addresses. The danger that someone will misuse the given data is present and likely. [...]

]]> By: full :: 1511 » The Pepsi Challenge of 2006? enter SearchMash from Google http://elliottback.com/wp/aol-gate-search-query-data-scandal/#comment-201844 full :: 1511 » The Pepsi Challenge of 2006? enter SearchMash from Google Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:42:46 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/08/07/aol-gate-search-query-data-scandal/#comment-201844 [...] But this did catch my eye…hopefully not another AOL Gate! Personal information Activity within SearchMash. Some features of SearchMash may enable you to interact with search results beyond simply clicking through a result or navigating to another page of results. We may record the use of these features in a non-personally identifiable manner to evaluate their usefulness. Posted by Full 1511 | [...] [...] But this did catch my eye…hopefully not another AOL Gate! Personal information Activity within SearchMash. Some features of SearchMash may enable you to interact with search results beyond simply clicking through a result or navigating to another page of results. We may record the use of these features in a non-personally identifiable manner to evaluate their usefulness. Posted by Full 1511 | [...]

]]> By: AOL-Data.com http://elliottback.com/wp/aol-gate-search-query-data-scandal/#comment-178747 AOL-Data.com Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:56:54 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/08/07/aol-gate-search-query-data-scandal/#comment-178747 For anybody who is interested in HOW TO apply the AOL-Data files to SEO for legitimate purposes, check out http://www.aol-data.com. Also offers discussions on the ethics, and a whole lot of other links and info on SEO in general. For anybody who is interested in HOW TO apply the AOL-Data files to SEO for legitimate purposes, check out http://www.aol-data.com. Also offers discussions on the ethics, and a whole lot of other links and info on SEO in general.

]]> By: 1uk3 http://elliottback.com/wp/aol-gate-search-query-data-scandal/#comment-177258 1uk3 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:32:53 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/08/07/aol-gate-search-query-data-scandal/#comment-177258 And I have the whole database as do many other thosaunds of people now! :O Not that'll I'll do anything with it apart from browse through but lots of damage will be done by some! And I have the whole database as do many other thosaunds of people now! :O

Not that’ll I’ll do anything with it apart from browse through but lots of damage will be done by some!

]]> By: ShadoWraiths http://elliottback.com/wp/aol-gate-search-query-data-scandal/#comment-170076 ShadoWraiths Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:35:22 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/08/07/aol-gate-search-query-data-scandal/#comment-170076 [...] In the meantime, execs were busy scrambling, backpedalling or both, while attempting to assure the public that the data had been deidentified. And just how deidentified was the data? On Wednesday, August 9, 2006, New York Times journalists Michael Barbaro and Tom Zeller Jr. introduced us to one of the many so-called deidentified individuals in their article, "A Face Is Exposed for AOL Searcher No. 4417749." One gentleman, Elliot Bäck, found everything from credit cards to social security numbers among the so-called deidentified records. [...] [...] In the meantime, execs were busy scrambling, backpedalling or both, while attempting to assure the public that the data had been deidentified. And just how deidentified was the data? On Wednesday, August 9, 2006, New York Times journalists Michael Barbaro and Tom Zeller Jr. introduced us to one of the many so-called deidentified individuals in their article, “A Face Is Exposed for AOL Searcher No. 4417749.” One gentleman, Elliot Bäck, found everything from credit cards to social security numbers among the so-called deidentified records. [...]

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