NEW YORK, NY — Internet service provider AOL got slammed by privacy rights advocates today for releasing the search terms of both of its subscribers today. The once prominent company has suffered a steady stream of cancellations in the past few years, and analysts say this latest incident is just more grim news.
Despite the fact that AOL used randomly assigned numeric IDs instead of the customers’ real names in the report, clever hackers and identity thieves could be able to decipher them. The specific data released includes all of the two users’ search queries, which security expert John Obvious claims may contain individual names, social security numbers, and favorite porn movie titles.
Source: Uncyclopedia
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