The New York Times has an article online today about the AOL release of data. You can find the article at http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/technology/09aol.html. (NyTimes.com requires registration). The article highlights one woman, a 60 year old from Georgia, whose searches were captured in the three month period. Much is revealed about her in her search queries . . . It also discusses the release of the data. AOL spokespeople are saying they did not authorize the release - that an employee acted hastily and without authorization to release it. The article also reports that programmers have set up Web sites to let people search the data in the database, which is leading people to find shocking or amusing search histories. Eeeek. Best, ~Jenny -- Assistant Professor Department of Communication, SS 340 University at Albany, SUNY 1400 Washington Ave. Albany, NY 12222 518-442-4873 jstromer@albany.edu http://www.albany.edu/~jstromer