Be Careful What You Search ForLis Wiehl  of foxnews.com explains in her article how AOL users have been identified after AOL released details of 20 million web searches typed in by 658,000 users over a three month period.

Meanwhile, curious folks have been sifting through the AOL data just for kicks. Paul Boutin, writing for Slate.com posted several interesting queries:

User 672368 progressed over several weeks from “you’re pregnant he doesn’t want the baby” to “foods to eat when pregnant” to “abortion clinics in charlotte nc” to “can christians be forgiven for abortion.” User 3696023 revealed that “i hurt when i think too much i love road trips i hate my weight i fear being alone for the rest of my life” and user 190827 went from “talking parrot jokes” and “poems about a red rose” to “sexy dogs and hot girls.” (Boutin also observed that “nobody knows how to spell ‘bestiality.’”)…continued

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