On our laptops, tablets, and smartphones, we're carrying around a lot of information about who we are and what we do.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Brazil, the U.S.'s biggest trading partner in Latin America, and Brazilians are not happy about recent allegations that the government spied on U.S. friends and allies.

Following Lavabit's lead, Silent Circle ends its encrypted email service so clients can avoid government scrutiny.

Two encryption email providers — one of which Edward Snowden supposedly used — are reportedly closing up shop.

The controversy over the National Security Agency grabbing our personal data, with the asssistance of Silicon Valley, could make it tough for tech to do business.

The House narrowly defeated an amendment that would have ended funding for mass collection of phone records and other data by the NSA.

New documents, leaked by Edward Snowden and reported in The Guardian newspaper, show how the NSA got Microsoft to circumvent its own encryption to intercept Outlook and Skype communications.

Revelations about secret government surveillance may have a chilling effect on the government's ability to recruit talented computer coders and hackers.

Edward Snowden is likely headed to Latin America, where several countries have offered him asylum. What is the economic situation in each of these countries?