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Re: [privacy] AOL's Big Privacy Blunder


From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 00:12:10 -0400

On 8/7/06, Robert D. Holtz <robert.d.holtz () gmail com> wrote:




The data are also still out there on multiple mirror sites.  This data
provides a very interesting view into folk's lives.  You could use this
information to work backwards in order to determine show some of these
people might be.  It's a stunning blunder.



Wow, this would be a good opportunity for the higher ups to find out
what the average hacker can do with data mining.

nice bait!

-JP<yeah, I got a conspiracy for that>
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