Even AOL attempted anonymity with the released search data by simply replacing personal information with IDs. But given enough search terms, people were able to

Even AOL attempted anonymity with the released search data by simply replacing personal information with IDs. But given enough search terms, people were able to find out quite easily where and even who the person is [0]. [0] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/AOL_search_data_scandal https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/AOL_search_da...