The principals of two Dunedin high schools are worried the latest "babe of the day'' Facebook page could put pupils at risk from sexual predators.

The danger is that the techniques devised today by NSA data miners to track potential terrorists may tomorrow be employed by private sector, writes Gehan Gunasekara.

Far from being alarmed, the Key Government seems set to make the work of the spies, both their own and the overseas variety, even easier, writes Brian Rudman.

Edward Snowden had a life that superficially sounded nothing short of idyllic and for some reason, he threw it away with a few leaked documents revealing the reach of the US National Security Agency.

I used to know someone who spent a lot of time on computers, fancied himself as a bit of a tech-head and was concerned about security.

Opposition leaders say New Zealand's involvement in the international "Five Eyes" spying network should be included in an inquiry into intelligence agencies.

Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee has extended the date for submissions on the controversial GCSB spy agency bill by eight days.

A man is before the courts after allegedly making covert recordings of people in a Wellington bathroom while he worked for the Department of Internal Affairs.

Green Party co-leader Russel Norman has accused Prime Minister John Key of conspiring to establish a surveillance state in New Zealand.

MPs want the Government's GCSB legislation tweaked to ensure the spy agency doesn't overstep the mark if it eavesdrops on them.

The senior lawyer appointed by the Prime Minister to investigate the GCSB wrote a report which was more detailed.

A former spy boss says New Zealand is a democratic and free country because of our relationship with the United States and other large powers.

David Fisher recounts his own experiences with NZ's spy agencies and questions whether we should still have faith in them.

Prime Minister John Key categorically denies that the GCSB has been circumventing New Zealand law by accessing information from an international spying network.

Privacy scholars refer to the dangers of aggregation of data and the potential this affords for profiling of individuals and for making of assumptions, writes Gehan Gunasekara.

On May 29, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told Democracy Now! that the Obama Administration's bid to convict Bradley Manning was a "show trial".

A mum will lobby NZ companies to pull their ads from a Latvia-based social networking site after her 12-year-old daughter was asked to provide explicit photos.

PM John Key doesn't believe Winston Peters has seen emails between Peter Dunne and a reporter, saying Mr Peters is all "bluff and bluster".

It has now been established that the United States National Security Agency has been systematically collecting the phone records of millions of Americans, writes Keith Locke.

The top US intelligence official stressed yesterday that a previously undisclosed programme for tapping into internet usage is authorised by Congress.

The Google Maps team won’t stop until it has every last inch of the planet stored on its servers. Would we really be so lost without them? asks Tom Chivers.

Taking the time to examine your Facebook ads can make for a depressing self-analysis, says Jack Tame.

Those crazy American conspiracy theorists who live up trees with guns and drink their own pee don't seem quite so crazy any more.