My immediate thought was, "12 million? Either governmental bodies in the US are really ramping up their social mapping efforts (in a very unusually transparent

My immediate thought was, "12 million? Either governmental bodies in the US are really ramping up their social mapping efforts (in a very unusually transparent way), or this isn't a typical privacy/intelligence-related article." The latter proved to be correct, and thus, I don't think it's as sensational a revelation as I'm sure many news agencies and privacy-conscious individuals will spin it to be. Relevant excerpts: >A large number of the law enforcement requests were related to fraud investigations or the use of stolen credit cards, according to the report. >Uber said it had not received any national security letters or orders under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance act.