GigsVT's Journal: AOL Search Leak, belated

Looks like I'm behind the curve on this AOL Search leak story that broke last week. Been really busy.

This blog entry is the precise reason that "if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to be afraid of" is bullshit.

They take some searches this guy did, and ascribe some real world intent to them. To me, it's obvious he's just one of us that is facinated with stuff like rotten.com, goregasm, crime stories and accident stories. Doesn't mean we want to kill anyone.

I don't think the transparent society would work. Too many people making too many assumptions about intent. Sometimes you need a little privacy, even if you aren't doing anything wrong.

And bloggers that need some serious lessons in responsible journalism aren't helping matters.

Makes me glad . . .

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. . . I've been clearing cookies and using proxies for most searches, even the innocuous ones, from the beginning. It seems inevitable that these search data will be trawled by marketers looking for eyeballs and the corporate fascist slave state for more people to fill the prisons. Posted via one of the last TOR nodes not banned from /., of course.