It is only a few years ago that Edward Snowden uncovered one of the greatest secrets in the history of mankind: almost all people worldwide are under scrupulous surveillance by unscrupulous intelligence services such as the NSA and the GCHQ on the Internet and on the phone. Just like that. Also in Germany. And with the help of multinational corporations such as Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, AT&T and many more.

The reactions were harsh, the world was outraged by what even conspiracy theorists would find hard to believe. But what changed? Secret services are continuing as before. In Germany, there is an NSA investigation committee to investigate this, but no information is given to this committee because they are classified as secret. Even our government does not believe in a mass spying out, even though there is an incredible amount of evidence. And the German secret service, the BND, has even been given considerably more powers by the government these days to finally be able to carry out illegal acts of the past in a legally secure manner. To defend freedom to make us feel safe. Does anyone feel safe? How many people think that governments are doing a good job at the moment and that the welfare of citizens is paramount?

It doesn't come from somewhere that there are always people who are no longer satisfied with how it works. That they will want whistleblowers to expose the obvious moral and ethical misconduct and show it to the world community. But we all have to listen and look. We need to know who these whistleblowers are and what they are risking at high personal risk to educate us. And we must support you in what you do and help us to fight these abuses.

So that everyone understands the basics of whistleblower, I have finally worked out this topic. As a reminder to all of us and as a thank-you to the many brave people who stand up for others, even if they don't even know anything about it.

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