These are the top 10 countries to request user data from tech companies in 2012. Guess who's leading the pack?


In other national security news, The Atlantic reports "defenders of Edward Snowden's leaks got a bit trickier Wednesday afternoon, with revelations about his embarrassing past. Turns out, Snowden was once a teenager and, worse, that time period was encapsulated online."

Funny, all the revelations about Snowden's teenage shenanigans only seem to make us like him that much more.


[Reuters]