Google and Mozilla Block Kazakhstan’s Browser Spying Tool
▻https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ne8vam/google-mozilla-block-kazakhstan-spying-tool-encryption-certificate
Browser makers announced they would block the Kazakhstan government’s root certificate, which was designed to spy on citizens’ internet usage. On Wednesday, Google and Mozilla announced they would block an encryption certificate the Kazakhstan government has forced citizens to download. The certificate allows authorities to intercept Facebook, Twitter, Google, and other passwords of the 18 million people in the country. But now with two of the main browser makers pushing back, that (...)
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