Yahoo! spills! user! account! beans! in! 60%! of! gov! data! requests!

Yahoo! has received 5,221 government requests for user data in the first six months of this year, and coughed up some sort of information at least 60 percent of the time. The statistics are part of Purple Palace's latest transparency report detailing government requests for customer data. A total of 7,817 Yahoo! responses …

[druck]

As many as...

...7,817 people still use Yahoo! ? I'll get me coat.

[The First Dave]

Re: As many as...

Nope, 7,817 different Gov agencies requested info on the same man.

[Mike Shepherd]

Joke

The exclamation marks joke was funny for about 1.8s the first time. Several years on, it suggests someone you'd avoid at parties.

[Hollerith 1]

Re: Joke

I! Still! Like! It!

[Anonymous Coward]

@Hollerith 1 - Re: Joke

You forgot to slightly tilt the exclamation marks.

[Cardinal]

Which government?

"Yahoo! has received 5,221 government requests for user data "

[Yet Another Anonymous coward]

Re: Which government?

They were all from government users who had forgotten their passwords

[The_Idiot]

Re: Which government?

They were all from government users who had forgotten their your (for some random value of 'your') passwords.

There :-(.

[Anonymous Coward]

Works 4 me

No criminal should be able to hide behind a PC monitor.

[Gene Cash]

Re: Works 4 me

Usually they're too fat for that, especially in America