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AOL search data identified individuals
Kelly Martin, 2006-08-09
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AOL search data identified individuals 2006-08-14
Anonymous
One thing you can find that I have not seen mentioned is the identities of people one of these users themselves was searching for.

For example one user typed in a phone number, another typed in a name. When I copied this info into Google, it returned the full address and name and a map based on the phone number.

Unless you already know, a publicly listed phone number in Google returns the person's name and address.

The name search likewise returned a person living in New Mexico, and the searcher also lived in NM.

This name was very unique as well, so it is likely that this was the person being searched for. And that searcher's other queries were unsavory/disturbing.

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