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- insomniac8400, on 10/12/2007, -1/+84What idiots. They probably were all excited thinking this would make them cooler than google. AOL is stupid. I hope AOL gets sued over this.
- Popdmb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+66AOL -- the only company that violates their own terms of service.
- n8r0n, on 10/12/2007, -2/+53I am sure the guy who was trying to kill his wife is not accepting this apology.
- snypa, on 10/12/2007, -3/+39Now they should apologize for mearly existing. A man can only dream.
- i440, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34What nonsense. I hope they will all give us 90-day free trail software in exchange for this absurdity!
- Tiabin, on 10/12/2007, -9/+37I can see it now.
A bunch of executives gathered around a table at a meeting... the person giving the proposal finishes off, and the big wig looks at him for a moment.
And then says in a hesitant but seriously considering voice, "So... you think... this will make us COOLER than google?"
Another executive pipes up, "It's about time! We need more cool points." - visability, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31user01.txt:16446009 how do i quit aol immediately 2006-03-22 20:17:01 7 http://www.infodog.com
user01.txt:16446009 how do i quit aol immediately 2006-03-22 20:31:23
user01.txt:16446009 how do i quit aol immediately 2006-03-22 20:35:39
taken from their logs - striker1211, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27Mirrors of the data:
http://www.gregsadetsky.com/aol-data/ - jramos, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19Regardless of whether this violated any terms of service, AOL is finished.
- jackcall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17What? Are they gonna have a company BBQ?
- apocalizer, on 10/12/2007, -5/+21AOL PR:
I know! Let's do something stupid, and it'll end up on Digg. Then all the geeks will want AOL because they saw it on Digg!
AOL EXEC:
Brilliant! Do it now!
AOL PR INTERN:
Uh, that's an awfully half-assed solution, Sir. Are you trying to kill the company with a scandal?
AOL PR:
Shut up. The boss is off of my ass for another day, get back to work.
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If this is just some attempt at using a blunder to get attention (ala New Coke) they must be smokin' dope. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Somebody at AOL is going to be flipping burgers pretty soon.
- HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15They apologized. Well that makes it all better now.
Group hug!!! - Sukino, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14I can imagine him being imprisoned, stamping car plates that say RIP AOL; DIE AOL; IH8 AOL...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Hey AOL: BS.
- josegutz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12News Flash: AOL decides to send all of it's users free complimentary AOL software in apology for releasing User Search Data.
- woxidu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11"What? Are they gonna have a company BBQ?"
Now there's one company I'd like to BBQ. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11@Kjay and dayz: I have searched my SSN and Credit Card numbers (on Google, mind you) to see if they're catalogued anywhere online. I think it's pretty legitimate to search your own personal information to see if it turns up anywhere. Your own security in an online search query should not be in danger (though in AOL's case, it now is).
- KJay, on 10/12/2007, -6/+16If you searched for your own SS and credit card #s on AOL, you deserve to have your identity stolen, maybe the new owner will be more responsible with it.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Apologize to user #1646343. [Go ahead, look it up. It is all in there.]
HER SEARCHES OVER THE MONTHS: (abbreviated list)
transforming males into females
herbal male castration
is it rare for males wanting to grow breasts
how can males develop female nipples
how can men grow breasts
men who breast pump
pictures of men breast pumping
women who force their husbands to grow breasts
how to hide male breasts
how to shrink your husbands testicles
how to increase estrogen level in males
how to change a man into a woman
secretly giving estrogen to husband
breast cream for men
will drinking female urine cause male breast growth
men drinking female urine side effects
estrogen in urine
male to female drinking female urine
can drinking womens urine help male to female
men who are proud of their large breasts
male breast contest
how large can male breasts grow
pictures of castrated males
women who feminize males - egbert, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Are they going to be fined for release peoples personal information such as credit card numbers and social security numbers?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9lolol
Jesus, people are really F'd up...
http://jwpincorporated.com/aolscreen.JPG - coheedcollapse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7So.....who has the backup? As against the release of private information as I am, my human curiosity has the best of me.
- venir, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7You mean other than their Customer Retention Specialists?
- venir, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Get your hacking SPAM ***** outa here. What a douchebag.
- josegutz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7This would be an oppertune moment for the Cavemen guys from Geico to do a few commercials with AOL.
Steve Case: Seriously guys, we had no idea that you would mind us releasing this type of info...
Caveman1: (Shakes head in dissapointment) Sssssighh next time try doing a little research.
Caveman2: Pathetic (spits at Steve Case)
Caveman1: I'll have a dozen King Lobster with a 20 oz sirloin steak, and your finest Pinot Grigio please...
Caveman2: I'll have the same, and ... Oh by the way...(points at Steve case) Steve here is picking up the bill.
Caveman1: Who's the bitch now?
Caveman2: That's how we rrolll.. - ed.2112, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7@gcnaddict: Next time you see a dictionary look up sarcasm.
- TheTony, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Google has become ubiquitous and in doing so, become a verb for "Internet search". To see people using the word in this way isn't anything new or suprising. However, the irony of the quote in a published article about AOL's search is obvious. :)
- striker1211, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I dont know ***** about *****, but even i would have did a regex replace of [0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9] for social security numbers. Throw those logs up and search that expression, its fun.
- buckrogers1965, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Google is a verb, it means to look something up on-line.
- Sukino, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4As usually, somebody not responsible.
- crawfishsoul, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Oh god help me, please be sure you BAN that *****!
- jcims, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4how spell checkers save lives:
28125 sex perdiers in my neborhed 2006-03-08 19:48:37 - rushoffailure, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I wonder if they'll block themselves for not being in their own feedback loop
- Mejogid, on 10/12/2007, -3/+77-Zip can do it too if your looking for something that's free (and legal).
- quokkapox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Ok kids let's optimize the regexp:
ddd-dd-dddd
Seriously... AOL is *****. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Another reason to NOT be an AOL user.
- tinkafoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3See, they're sorry.. That makes it all better now! I guess we can all go back to bed, right? [/extreme sarcasm]
- FrankieB078, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3To be honest the damage has been done already. They should have known this was a bad idea before it was executed. But I think we're all used to AOL making bad decisions.
- Buttercup, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4it seems to me like AOL did have good intentions... they wanted to give a bunch of data to research analysts for free to do those things research people do... the only problem is that they made it readily available to anyone with an internet connection instead of picking and choosing who should get the data. if they had some kind of "hey i want this, can i have it?" program where they only gave it to valid research orginizations, it wouldn't be nearly as bad. especially if they filtered out searches with things like numbers that look like SSNs and credit card #s.
i know there are a couple situations i've been in where i would have liked to study search patterns about a certain item.
good intentions, very very bad implementation - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2UserID #1077807. Look at what this family searches for...
teenage depression
oxfordhealthplans.com
oxford health plans
continental airlines
50th wedding anniversary invitations
teenage depression
franklin township soccer club
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oxford health plans teen depression
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disney porn
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will rogers teen depression
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will rogers institute teen depression
will rogers institute teen anxiety
new jersey lottery
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comics priest sex
porn
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weight watchers
dollzmania
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new jersey bricklayers and allied craftsmen local 15 new jersey
new jersey mason unions
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franklin township soccer club new jersey
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sex in the doctors office
dirty old doctor comics
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continental airlines
positive persistent parent-teachers
on the boat
doing it on the boat
comic strips
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man and lamb
farmer and his lamb
gay farmers and his lamb
1st holy communion thank you cards
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priests and sex
priests and virgin
comics of priests and sex
truck stops
sex at the truck stops
sex at the truck stops comics
sexy comics
shrek xxx
shrek sex comics
free famous sex comics
gays and animals
gay men and animals
glenn crooks womens soccer camp
glenn crooks girls soccer camp - Toiling, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The insight is the realization that no one knows how to use a comp.
- candiru, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i think this "cool" pitch went off just a little worse than wal-mart's myspace.
- voteforblank, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3It's too late for I'm sorry's...
- jferraro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't think AOL would have gotten lambasted so did they not have such a great record of producing poor quality products and taking advantage of people's ignorance of the Internet rather than assisting in education. I don't know how many people back in the 90's told me that it took 40 minutes for them to download the Internet through AOL, a unfortunate depiction of ignorance that AOL perpetuates though ad campaigns (want a better Internet) to this day. It may seem that people are being hard on AOL while other companies have released search information in the past, but due to AOL's company image and behavior since the beginning I say they deserve it.
- jcims, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Search for your home town.
I live in a small midwest town in Ohio. Halfway through the very first file i open up i find someone going through some pretty troubling times, searching for local names, etc.
In other news, anyone notice how many folks search for things by typing www.whatever, eg. www.how to plant tomatos?
Anyway, interesting insight into peoples minds... - tangledweb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The high school teacher who looks like a pedophile probably needs a personal apology too.
http://lukewelling.com/2006/08/07/the-utter-stupidity-of-aol-is-staggering/ - dawgma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://digg.com/videos_people/Guy_gets_hit_by_a_runaway_tire
- wicketr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2While I think it's retarded to release the data, the problem I have is why do they even have that data to begin with???? Do they have a right to track what I'm doing over long periods of time? If so is it stated in their policies somewhere?
Basically they screwed up twice:
1. Storing information they have no business storing
2. Releasing it to the public
Had they not been doing 1 in the first place, then none of this would have happened. -
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