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Title: Apple blocks root certificate used to spy on Kazakh citizens Post by: HCK on December 21, 2020, 04:05:18 pm Apple blocks root certificate used to spy on Kazakh citizens
"Today's ban also marks the second time the four browser makers banned a certificate issued by the Kazakh government for man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks" What you need to know Apple is one of several web browser makers to block a root certificate used by the Kazakhstan government to spy on residents in the capital. Apple and several other browser makers have blocked a root certificate used by the Kazakhstan government to spy on residents in the capital. From ZDNet: Browser makers Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla, have banned today a root certificate that was being used by the Kazakhstan government to intercept and decrypt HTTPS traffic for residents in the country's capital, the city of Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana). The certificate had been in use since December 6, 2020, when Kazakh officials forced local internet service providers to block Nur-Sultan residents from accessing foreign sites unless they had a specific digital certificate issued by the government in... Source: Apple blocks root certificate used to spy on Kazakh citizens (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/Q82w_WTiO_4/apple-blocks-root-certificate-used-spy-kazakh-citizens) |