Apparently some people are pissed at Blizzard right now. The reason? They dared to help the police caputer a drug dealer! How dare they help law enforcement!

from the sound of things, the reason they are mad is 1.) that the police didn't issue a warrent for the info and 2.) because of the ammount of info they tracked on this guy and gave to the police.

For the first one, yes. They should have waited for a warent. But they didn't need to. It was their choice to help law enforcement. while I would never let a cop search my house or car with out a warrent unless he had a reason too. (which is the law. if they have no reason to do so, just as smelling pot smoke in your car when they pull you over, they can't legally search it, your house or you and anything aquired this way should be thrown out) I would give them info if it helped them catch a criminal, because it is the right thing to do! How would they have reacted if the guy had been a child molester or a murderer instead of a drug dealer?

2.) they were shocked at the amount of info Blizzard tracks on their customers. If I remember right, you give them most of that info when you create your account! Except for IP address, he gave them that stuff. They would have been able to track his down eventually based on IP address, (which is tracked any time you do anything online and can be tracked, but is difficult to do well) the fact that he was stupid enough to update his mailing address is his own fault, not Blizzard's.