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Disclosing secrets is often the only way to end human rights abuses and whistleblowers must be protected.

CIA director John Brennan had private emails breached by Crackas With Attitude hackers.

Investigative news site Intercept publishes top-secret cables obtained from whistleblower.

Quartet beat a strong field of candidates including Pope Francis and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Gabriel Weinberg dispels idea that privacy must be sacrificed for profitability.

The US Justice Department had said Snowden would face trial for leaking classified documents on mass surveillance programmes.

UK and US intelligence agencies can hack phones after sending a text and know everything about you.

NSA whistleblower gained about 59,000 followers within 30 minutes of posting his first tweet.

NSA whistleblower joins social network and asks "Can you hear me now?"

Newly released documents reveal GCHQ tracked web browsing of "every visible user on the internet".

New Bourne film to be based on Edward Snowden's infamous leaks?

Intrusive surveillance powers need to be proportionate to security threats

Netzpolitik journalists Markus Beckedahl and Andre Meister are being investigated for treason.

Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe is among 35 Top Secret NSA targets, WikiLeaks revealed.

The petition to pardon Snowden reached 167,955 signatures before the White House responded.

NSA to destroy phone records collected under program leaked by former contractor Edward Snowden.

Seen typeface automatically censors words used by NSA and GCHQ to monitor emails and social media.

Documents obtained by newspaper show GCHQ cleared to spy on MSPs in March.

HORNET is a new Tor-like browser for the dark web that could offer "internet-scale anonymity".

Parliamentarians demand court rule whether they are exempt from UK government surveillance.

Oscar winner Laura Poitras was detained more than 50 times at airports over a period of six years.

UK's spy agencies must become more transparent and face tougher regulation, say former intelligence chiefs.

The former attorney general said whistleblower could have started a 'useful' debate.

A soon to be published report will recommend judges have oversight of all warrants signed by ministers.

XKeyscore allows NSA to track people's internet activity by simply typing in their email address.

Antivirus pioneer John McAfee questions the motives and reasons for Edward Snowden leaving Hong Kong for Russia

Privacy search engine DuckDuckGo has become hugely popular following Edward Snowden's NSA revelations.

Schneier says the NSA should look in the mirror and not at Snowden to find source of top secret document leaks

NSA spying powers expanded in 2012 to monitor IP addresses of foreign powers communicating with US.

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden admits he is more hopeful than ever before, despite being an international fugitive.