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1.		In 8 months at Microsoft, I learned these things (ahmetalpbalkan.com)
		567 points by philk10 on June 12, 2013 \| 269 comments
2.		Before Prosecuting, Investigate the Government (nytimes.com)
		567 points by Libertatea on June 12, 2013 \| 98 comments
3.		Mozilla, EFF, Reddit And 83 Other Organizations Launch StopWatching.Us (techcrunch.com)
		503 points by rhufnagel on June 12, 2013 \| 86 comments
4.		Jordanian citizen was denied re-entry to the US on eve of his PhD defense at JHU (jhu.edu)
		500 points by tchalla on June 12, 2013 \| 209 comments
5.		We Should All Have Something To Hide (thoughtcrime.org)
		438 points by tptacek on June 12, 2013 \| 147 comments
6.		Why Edward Snowden Is a Hero (newyorker.com)
		410 points by danboarder on June 12, 2013 \| 40 comments
7.		More Americans see man who leaked NSA secrets as 'patriot' than traitor (reuters.com)
		345 points by bconway on June 12, 2013 \| 77 comments
8.		Fertile Ground (marco.org)
		326 points by mh_ on June 12, 2013 \| 210 comments
9.		Changes in rankings of smartphone search results (googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com.br)
		293 points by huskyr on June 12, 2013 \| 90 comments
10.		Civil Liberties Groups Are Suing the NSA (theatlanticwire.com)
		280 points by sethbannon on June 12, 2013 \| 48 comments
11.		AMD Unleashes First-Ever 5 GHz Processor (amd.com)
		243 points by jve on June 12, 2013 \| 133 comments
12.		Retro Gaming with Raspberry Pi (adafruit.com)
		233 points by IgorPartola on June 12, 2013 \| 30 comments
13.		How the US Government will Smear, Slight Whistleblower Edward Snowden (juancole.com)
		233 points by geekam on June 12, 2013 \| 141 comments
14.		NSA Prism logo is a copyright infringment (theregister.co.uk)
		231 points by RobAley on June 12, 2013 \| 31 comments
15.		A PRISM-inspired Google Doodle (haykranen.nl)
		211 points by huskyr on June 12, 2013 \| 14 comments
16.		Surveillance: A Threat to Democracy (nytimes.com)
		183 points by hawkharris on June 12, 2013 \| 70 comments
17.		How An Introvert Learned To Be A Leader (tutorspree.com)
		177 points by ryanb on June 12, 2013 \| 38 comments
18.		All calls in the Netherlands are stored, indexed and searched for keywords (translate.google.com)
		164 points by Father on June 12, 2013 \| 53 comments
19.		Apple is finally allowing developers to sell their apps to other developers (venturebeat.com)
		152 points by rmah on June 12, 2013 \| 28 comments
20.		Live on C-SPAN now: NSA Chief Testifies at Cybersecurity Hearing (c-spanvideo.org)
		147 points by gravitronic on June 12, 2013 \| 98 comments
21.		Americans Disapprove of Government Surveillance Programs (gallup.com)
		149 points by DamnYuppie on June 12, 2013 \| 49 comments
22.		CloudFlare, PRISM, and Securing SSL Ciphers (cloudflare.com)
		148 points by jgrahamc on June 12, 2013 \| 75 comments
23.		Submit a Privacy Act Request with the NSA to see what info they have on you (nsa.gov)
		143 points by ericdykstra on June 12, 2013 \| 53 comments
24.		Shia LaBeouf: phone surveillance whistleblower? (cbc.ca)
		132 points by mindstab on June 12, 2013 \| 16 comments
25.		Greenwald: Snowden Has Provided ‘Thousands’ Of Docs, ‘Dozens’ Are Newsworthy (talkingpointsmemo.com)
		134 points by mindcrime on June 12, 2013 \| 71 comments
26.		The Code You Don't Write (improbabletruths.com)
		134 points by menacingly on June 12, 2013 \| 37 comments
27.		Edit your code in the cloud with bitbucket (blog.bitbucket.org)
		125 points by planckscnst on June 12, 2013 \| 48 comments
28.		Mozilla Persona and Surveillance (identity.mozilla.com)
		120 points by ibotty on June 12, 2013 \| 56 comments
29.		Unique in the Crowd: The privacy bounds of human mobility (nature.com)
		104 points by lemming on June 12, 2013 \| 19 comments
30.		Booz Allen fires leaker Snowden (cnn.com)
		104 points by adamnemecek on June 12, 2013 \| 73 comments
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