Surveillance Costs: The NSA’s Impact on the Economy, Internet Freedom, and Cybersecurity

As a new version of the USA FREEDOM Act surveillance reform bill is expected to be introduced in the Senate this week, the debate about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs still tends toward a simplistic focus on striking the right balance between national security and individual privacy. But a new 60-page report released today by New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) catalogues the significant costs of the NSA programs beyond their impact on privacy and liberty, describing how the NSA’s actions are also affecting the U.S. economy, American foreign policy, and the security of the Internet as a whole.

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