If so, get ready to hear this. Apparrently, AOL accidentally released a massive amount of private data to the public on August 6th. Just how much data was leaked? Over 20 million web search queries by 658,000 different customers. The data, neatly compressed in a 439 MB file, features search strings, outgoing links, and times represented by an individual customer ID number. While the searcher remains anonymous, some of the data is really frightening.

Although it’s not a crime to search for illegal activities, such as murdering one’s wife, this brings up a lot of questions about search engine’s legal and ethical responsibilities that some say aren’t adequately addressed in today’s technology-driven world. Never mind the fact that some people search queries included social security and credit card numbers, names, addresses, and a ton of other unpleasant information. Combined with other recent America Online tragedies, I’d say that the future of America’s worst internet service provider looks pretty dim.

Although AOL is trying their hardest to scrub the internet of this data, you can find a mirror here, as well as search for particular data here. Enjoy!