I very frankly believe one of the more patriotic things an American with the ability can do is emulate Snowden, i.e. infiltrate and expose the NSA’s domestic surveillance programs.
how likely do you think it is that the russians or the chinese or anyone really has developed similar exploits?
These weapons are not designed to be patriotic; they can just as easily hurt anyone.
See: https://medium.com/@thegrugq/the-great-cyber-game-commentary...