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Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

S. Farrell
F. Badii
B. Schneier
S. M. Bellovin

Stream:

INDEPENDENT

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9446

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Abstract

This memo contains the thoughts and recountings of events that transpired during and after the release of information about the United States National Security Agency (NSA) by Edward Snowden in 2013. There are four perspectives: that of someone who was involved with sifting through the information to responsibly inform the public, that of a security area director of the IETF, that of a human rights expert, and that of a computer science and affiliate law professor. The purpose of this memo is to provide some historical perspective, while at the same time offering a view as to what security and privacy challenges the technical community should consider. These essays do not represent a consensus view, but that of the individual authors.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.