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Joining other browers and social media sites, Yahoo issues a "transparency report" about the number of requests it gets for users data.
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The U.S. spy agency breaks codes but also lobbies private IT companies to leave backdoors into their products. The revelations are the latest from documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
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Allegations that U.S. agents spied on Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto when he was a candidate during last year's campaign have led Mexico to summon U.S. Ambassador Anthony Wayne and demanded "a thorough investigation."
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Microsoft's general counsel said negotiations with the government over the release of information were a failure.
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The Washington Post reports on documents sourced to former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden that indicate critical shortfalls in information.
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According to a Russian newspaper, the NSA leaker lived for a couple days at the Russian consulate in Hong Kong before his late June flight to Moscow. That raises questions about Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement that Snowden's arrival was a "complete surprise."
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Germany's Der Spiegel reported that the U.S. intercepted the communications of U.N. diplomats and bugged the European Union diplomatic missions in New York and Washington.
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Revelations that national security officials have used their agency's eavesdropping power to spy on love interests has sparked a new meme: #NSAPickupLines
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The agency said the violations generally did not involve surveillance of U.S. citizens' telephone or email data. The revelation, however, casts doubt on some previous assertions from high-ranking U.S. officials.
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The government culled thousands of emails between Americans and misrepresented its surveillance efforts at least three times in three years, a 2011 FISA court opinion says.