Yes, while those of us who tend to hang out here have an incurable (and some might say unhealthy) fascination with airlines — we also have to be fairly computer literate to get here in the first place.

Taking that into consideration, I couldn’t help but pass along this tidbit about AOL.

It seems that, for whatever reason, AOL this weekend posted to a publicly available website a list of every user who accessed the web during a 3-month period and every website they visited.

Think about this. This gives spammers a list of every actively used AOL address. It also reveals to friends, employers, etc. the private web browsing habits of every active AOL member.

You can catch the details here at Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch blog.

Interestingly, as of this posting, the mainstream press seems to be too preoccupied with AOL’s financial problems and its move to a “free” access option for those with broadband access to pay any attention to the company’s blatant invasion of user’s privacy.