Hide this message Sections Search Edition: US UK AU Sign in The Guardian home US world opinion sports soccer tech culture life fashion business money travel environment science All sections Soulmates Jobs US UK edition AU edition home US world opinion sports soccer tech culture life fashion business money travel environment science games games technology Thanks to Edward Snowden, we know the apparatus of repression has been covertly attached to the democratic state. However, our struggle to retain privacy is far from hopeless The US National Security Agency threat operations centre in Fort Meade, Maryland, in 2006. Photograph: Paul Richards/AFP/Getty Images ...