NSA collecting email and messaging contacts worldwide, Yahoo moves to encrypt webmail by default

Don't think that the NSA's bulk communication data collection is focused solely on the communications themselves. The Washington Post has published more Edward Snowden documents which reveal that the agency collects large volumes of contact lists from email and instant messaging users around the world. While the NSA gathers the information on foreign soil, its method reportedly prevents it from automatically screening out any Americans in the list.

via Tech News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/14/nsa-collecting-email-and-messaging-contacts-worldwide?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000589