Tuesday, August 22, 2006

searches traceable back to you ... ?

By now you are probably aware that AOL (AmericaOnline service provider) recently released a "small portion" of keyword search information for about 658,000 anonymous AOL users in a move that "ignited a firestorm of criticism on the Internet amid calls for tighter protection of the privacy of users' Web searches"

- http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,39020336,39280573,00.htm
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This morning I was shown a couple of alternatives you can use you would like your searches not traceable back to you:

Mess up the db with: http://lostinthecrowd.org/

... or try: http://mrl.nyu.edu/~dhowe/TrackMeNot/

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