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Edward Snowden on Pokémon Go, freedom, and the future of augmented reality
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Why the Apple-FBI battle made people realize the importance of privacy faster than Snowden
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Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt play the NSA whistleblower in first ‘Snowden’ trailer
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The tech industry, according to Trump
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Europe vs. the U.S. in 2015: A year of transatlantic tussles
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NSA to shut down bulk phone surveillance program by Sunday
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T-Mobile’s silence on government data requests only raises more questions
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Senate passes bill to limit surveillance powers in the Patriot Act
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Hands-on with Facebook’s new PGP encryption features
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DEA was tracking our phone calls long before 9/11, new report says
![Edward Snowden just did a Reddit AMA. Here’s what we learned](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/edward_snowden_110413.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Edward Snowden just did a Reddit AMA. Here’s what we learned
![The trailer for this Edward Snowden documentary is absolutely chilling](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/edward_snowden_110413.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
The trailer for this Edward Snowden documentary is absolutely chilling
![Twitter sues government for right to make more NSA request data public](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/9359575577_380684839f_k.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Twitter sues government for right to make more NSA request data public
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The NSA has a plan to map the entire Internet. It's called 'Treasure Map'
![Snowden: NSA accidentally caused Syria's Internet blackout while trying to install malware](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/439513082_fc6aed9786_b.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Snowden: NSA accidentally caused Syria's Internet blackout while trying to install malware
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New NSA chief says Snowden did not irreparably damage national security
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Marc Andreessen & Bill Gates agree with Fox News on this: Snowden is a traitor
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Facial recognition software is the future of mass surveillance
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Watch Snowden's first American TV interview right here
![The next NSA scandal: A list revealing which U.S. citizens were spied on illegally](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/glenn-greenwald-book-signing.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
The next NSA scandal: A list revealing which U.S. citizens were spied on illegally
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Greenwald & Poitras just landed in the U.S. — the first time since Snowden leaks
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Glenn Greenwald: Edward Snowden has not leaked a single document in 9 months
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Watch Edward Snowden slam the NSA and Amazon at Ted 2014 (Video)
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The NSA reportedly poses as Facebook to spread malware
![Snowden: ‘Would I do this again? The answer is yes’](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/snowden-sxsw-041.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Snowden: ‘Would I do this again? The answer is yes’
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Snowden: Congress needs a watchdog
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NSA, British spy agency targeted Assange & the WikiLeaks’ ‘human network’
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