Reading this article Snowden seems like the textbook case of how to be a responsible whistleblower, with only pure intentions. I can hardly believe this is the

Reading this article Snowden seems like the textbook case of how to be a responsible whistleblower, with only pure intentions. I can hardly believe this is the case, but even if this isn't true it is hard to understate the response on these revelations. In effect, the only thing that seems to have changed is that a law was passed to make the activities legal. The surveillance seems only to ramp up, with the whitehouse seemingly even wanting to ban encryption without backdoors outright [1] What do the ethics of whistleblowing matter if those in power aren't held accountable and aren't forced to change? [1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/tech-firms-can-and-must-put-backdoors-in-encryption-ag-barr-says/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/tech-firms-can-a...