The US' National Security Agency (NSA) reportedly cracked encryption codes through powerful supercomputers to intercept nearly everyone's secrets, making them available for government scrutiny.
According to the classified information leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden, the NSA invested billions of dollars since 2000 for the secret surveillance effort, Fox News reports.
The encryption technology is used to keep information safe on the internet but the recent revelations by Snowden have sparked debates about the limits to social security and individual privacy.
