But Edward Snowden’s revelations had lasting impact, advancing privacy protections in Europe and America and accelerating use of encryption
Aaron White was six years old in New York City when the Towers fell. For the lucky ones, life just moved on
Scrambl3, a new app on the market, creates the smartphone equivalent of a virtual private network to make messages invisible on the internet.
A study has found that surveillance efforts aimed at thwarting terrorist attacks have undermined press freedom – and broader democratic rights.
The British government is being sued for monitoring activities exposed by Edward Snowden, but it maintains that it operates within the law.
After Edward Snowden’s open letter, Brazil says it’s not considering granting asylum to him as the country has not received a formal request.
US and UK intelligence agents have been posing as Orcs and Elves to snare terror suspects online.
Google and Yahoo! are fuming over revelations that the agency intercepted their users’ records.
Barack Obama was personally informed of mobile phone tapping against German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which may have begun as early as 2002.
The fallout from the Edward Snowden saga is starting to affect global trade relationships.
The National Security Agency has mapped some Americans’ "social connections that can identify their associates".
Being front-page news every week for months at a stretch is not ideal when your business is secrecy, writes Alistair Fairweather.
The NSA shares intelligence data with Israel without first sifting it to remove information about US citizens, states a document from Edward Snowden.
Alistair Fairweather thinks the US government needs to condemn the NSA’s attack on one of the world’s most important resources – the internet.
The United Nations will approach the US government over a report that its intelligence spied on video conferences by top UN officials.
The NSA’s surveillance network can reach about 75% of US internet communications – which reports say is more than what US officials have disclosed.
US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden says neither his father nor his father’s attorney speak for him "in any way".
Barack Obama is clear: He has no intention of stopping the daily collection of Americans’ phone records and blames leaks for creating distrust.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says Edward Snowden, who has been stuck in a Moscow airport for weeks, will leave Russia as soon as he is able to.
In terms of both legislation and practical reality, South Africans have faced far closer scrutiny of their private communication than US citizens.
The SA government can also access communications and information of businesses and individuals. Follow these steps to ensure you’re protected.
The revelations about the Prism programme, which links NSA computers to Google, Facebook and Apple, among others, matter to South Africa.