Says Michael Arrington of TechCrunch, “The utter stupidity of this is staggering.”
Gosh, AOL only made public some 20 million web queries from 250,000 people.
That’s not NEARLY as invasive as this probe cam (click to see recent footage) they keep sending to my house.
Well the study didn’t claim online video viewers have ADHD, but it might as well. Research released by Podzinger this morning shows that consumers play only 15% of their video. Their attention span is one minute (vs. 3 for audio). Few download anymore. And we’ll tolerate 10-15 second prerolls more than the 30 second monsters….
My family and I have discovered a fantastic way to save an hour on Sunday. The Drive Thru Church. They’re not available in all states, but worth looking for. I wonder if they’ll ever combine these with the Brew Thru’s for “soups to nuts” service.
It’s time to change the way advertising agency holding companies source video content. First some background: Advertising agency holding companies ignored the web for 5-10 years, allowing a flurry of website production companies to evolve into full-service “digital agencies of record.” They finally developed small web agencies internally, and then realized they needed to acquire…
Looking for symptoms of the swine flu? The pig virus? What can you do to keep safe, and how can you avoid or vaccinate yourself? This video shares all. Of course, it’s a parody.
Evian Skateboard babies video
Choices are bad. We don’t like them. The fewer the better. This video builds off of communism and ideology and stuff, but gets to the pretty practical too… like the anxiety provoked by selecting a wine or the choice of sex. Courtesy of Laughing Squid. It’s kinda depressing actually, so maybe you’d prefer some LOLCats.
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I have downloaded the file, and put it up online.
Blog post: http://www.gregsadetsky.com/?p=22
Direct link: http://www.gregsadetsky.com/aol-data/
I think by now, all of our idenites are out there. Between the VA, AOL, and every frigging credit card company, we are all naked.
Let’s start over with new SS numbers for all. By the way Kevin, you are a little late on your Visa and that little rash “down there” hasn’t cleared up.
A site where you can search the data is here:
http://www.datablunder.com/logitems/query/
A *quick* site where you can search the AOL Logs for yourself, is here:
http://www.frogspy.com
Is there a way to have your data removed?
Doubt it. AOL has removed it, but it’s everywhere now. Where would you start?
NOTHING is privated in this digital world..:).