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The Edward Snowden effect: Tech in 2014

Jan 2, 2014
Our technology reporter Queena Kim looks at how the tech industry will respond to the news about NSA surveillance.

NSA gathers 5 billion phone records a day

Dec 5, 2013
The National Security Agency is collecting almost 5 billion cellphone records daily from around the world, meaning the NSA is tracking individuals movements in ways previously unknown.

NSA gets MUSCULAR, intercepts data from Google and Yahoo

Oct 31, 2013
The latest revelation about the NSA's surveillance operations is that the agency secretly broke into communication links between Google and Yahoo data centers around the world.

German's angry about NSA spying. But what can they do?

Oct 24, 2013
At a meeting in Brussels, European leaders are discussing possible retaliations, including suspending the transfer of bank data and withdrawal of negotiations over free trade.

U.S. surveillance alienates allies

Oct 24, 2013
Allegations that the NSA tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone are threatening the relationship between Germany and America.

France gets the NSA treatment

Oct 21, 2013
The new revelation is part of Edward Snowden's latest leak.

For public good, not for profit.

Israel gets raw and unfiltered data from the NSA

Sep 12, 2013
According to the latest document leak from Edward Snowden.

NSA working to undermine the last ten years of encryption

Sep 9, 2013
New information about NSA surveillance activity emerges. Even encrypted data is vulnerable to its data mining.

More privacy concerns as leaks emerge that NSA can break encrypted data

Sep 6, 2013
More NSA revelations means even more concern about online privacy.