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NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden joined journalists Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald on Reddit yesterday for an Ask Me Anything (AMA) discussion. The results were just as fascinating as you would expect them to be.

If you weren't already paranoid enough, new information has been released from the Edward Snowden leaks. This time about a tool called XKeyscore, a program that by the National Security Agency's own admission gives them access to "nearly everything a user does on the internet".

As is so often the case these days, yet more details have been leaked by Edward Snowden about the National Security Agency's surveillance efforts.

Edward Snowden has continued to release reports on the NSA and related agencies. This time they have discussed the spying program's access to Google and Yahoo conversations, as well as plans to exploit the online sexual habits of Muslim academics they consider radical.

Edward Snowden has once again released crucial documents showing the United States efforts to spy on citizens from around the world. This time it shows the astonishing $52.6 billion dollar price tag for PRISM and other connected programs.

After another cable leak from Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA had tapped the phones of thirty-five world leaders, including Chancellor Angela Merkel's private mobile phone, Deutsche Telekom is calling for a German-only internet.

When the level of NSA spying efforts began to become apparent thanks to the massive document leak by whistleblower Edward Snowden, encryption was touted as the solution. But as the agency's ability to decrypt was exposed, the number of viable options has become smaller.