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"
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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...
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Apple blocks root certificate used to spy on Kazakh citizens
