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NSA revelations: A timeline of what's come out since Snowden leaks began

Since Edward Snowden's first published leak about National Security Agency surveillance techniques appeared in The Guardian on June 5, new revelations have been steadily trickling out. Here's a look at what we've learned since June, broken down by 16 key dates. 

Oct. 4, 2013

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The Tor browser's symbol is an onion. The Tor system uses "onion-routing," or layers of encyrption, to insure that information is kept private.

The Guardian the NSA has targeted the Tor network, a web browser that anyonymizes user activity. While the core security of the network has remained in place, according to The Guardian, the NSA has made it a priority to get through the network鈥檚 encryption, which afford users their privacy.

Why is this important? It might seem logical that the US government would be frustrated by a web browser like Tor, but for the NSA to have a PowerPoint presentation entitled 鈥淭or Stinks鈥 (the browser鈥檚 symbol is an onion) that purports the idea of cracking the site鈥檚 security shows the government's disregard for the users' privacy, critics say. 

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