Of that massive number of domestic requests, there were only 449 times where Yahoo didn't disclose user information. "We carefully scrutinize each request to make sure that it complies with the law, and we push back on those requests that don't satisfy our rigorous standards." Uh-huh. The country in a distant second, with 2,485 requests, was Germany.

Problem is, everything from this rings incredibly hollow and ignores the recent privacy and security issues Yahoo has been plagued with. As TechCrunch writes, it also seems to sidestep the news that the outfit was apparently letting the feds into user emails without a problem. To quote Queens of the Stone Age, "Words are weightless here on Earth because they're free." It's actions that mean something, and lately, Yahoo's have been more telling than any transparency report ever could be.

Update: Update: Yahoo says that the numbers in the report accurately illustrate its government data requests, even with the alleged scanning in place. From the company blog: