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FRONTLINE

"A Personal Hit on Me"

Google tries to stop two Washington Post reporters from publishing a dramatic revelation.

Aired 05/19/2014 | Rating NR

FRONTLINE

"A Personal Hit on Me"

Clip: Season 2014 Episode 10 | 2m 59s

Google tries to stop two Washington Post reporters from publishing a dramatic revelation.

When Barton Gellman and Ashkan Soltani of "The Washington Post" discovered that the NSA was piggybacking on one of Google's tracking cookies, the company wasn't happy. FRONTLINE's "United States of Secrets: Privacy Lost" premieres Tuesday, May 20 at 10 p.m. on PBS and at pbs.org/frontline.

Aired 05/19/2014 | Rating NR

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Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Major funding for FRONTLINE is provided by the Ford Foundation. Additional funding...

How Can the NSA Get Onto Your computer?

Clip: S2014 Ep10 | 1m 10s | Security expert Ashkan Soltani explains the NSA's program to spy on computers. (1m 10s)

How Can the NSA Get Onto Your iPhone?

Clip: S2014 Ep10 | 1m 7s | Security expert Ashkan Soltani explains the NSA's program to spy on iPhones. (1m 7s)

Google and the Robot Defense

Clip: S2014 Ep10 | 4m 3s | Google's Sergey Brin had a unique take on questions about the firm's privacy policies. (4m 3s)

"I Could Tell No Person"

Clip: S2014 Ep10 | 5m | Nick Merrill receives a highly secretive data request from the FBI. (5m)

Room 641a

Clip: S2014 Ep10 | 4m 3s | AT&T technician Mark Klein makes a surprising discovery. (4m 3s)

“United States of Secrets” - Trailer

Preview: S2014 Ep10 | 2m 56s | How did the government come to spy on millions of Americans? (2m 56s)

“United States of Secrets (Part Two)” - Trailer

Clip: S2014 Ep10 | 31s | How did the government come to spy on millions of Americans? (31s)

What the NSA can secretly put on your device

Clip: S2014 Ep10 | 50s | Security expert Bruce Schneier explains some of the NSA's surveillance devices. (50s)

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