Mandate a 'Privacy Considerations' section on MSCs #4379
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Closely related to the 'Security Considerations' section introduced in matrix-org#4199, and in order to improve the overal privacy aspects of Matrix during the design process, this introduces a 'Privacy Considerations' section in the proposal template, referencing the privacy threats, threat mitigation strategies and guidelines described in [RFC 6973](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6973). Signed-off-by: codedust <[email protected]>
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This may require an MSC to change the process here, as it's not immediately clear to me that this should be required (but should be strong recommended). Security Considerations becoming required was discussed among SCT members prior to the PR, making acceptance easier.
I feel this needs more discussion, which an MSC would provide.
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Closely related to the 'Security Considerations' section introduced in #4199, and in order to improve the overal privacy aspects of Matrix during the design process, this introduces a 'Privacy Considerations' section in the proposal template, referencing the privacy threats, threat mitigation strategies and guidelines described in RFC 6973.