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Middle-School Dropout Codes Clever Chat Program That Foils NSA Spying

The National Security Agency has some of the brightest minds working on its sophisticated surveillance programs, including its metadata collection efforts. But a new chat program designed by a middle-school dropout in his spare time may turn out to be one of the best solutions to thwart those efforts.

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The CIA and NSA use ad-blockers because they're just as vulnerable as you are

Online advertisements have become so dangerous that even the U.S. Intelligence Community blocks them.

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Hold your shock, the NSA has been collecting even more call records than they told us

From documents obtained by the ACLU, it turns out that the NSA illegally collected call records after it promised to stop collecting them.

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Senior NSA official says tech is wondrous -- and risky in a world of cyberspace foes

In an exclusive interview with chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge, the new head of NSA cybersecurity discusses evolving threats.