Such is the premise of a fictional play titled "User 927", in which investigators turn to search engine query logs in order to locate a missing person. The story's central clue is the real-life online search log of an AOL subscriber - identified only as User 927 - that was released to the public two years ago in a well-publicized privacy gaffe. Alltop said he was astonished when AOL intentionally ... Read full entry
Do search engines help us find ourselves?
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 10 June, 2008 to the events subset
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