Kazakhstan government is now intercepting all HTTPS traffic

skeeba · 07-19-2019, 02:43 PM

Quote:Starting Wednesday, July 17, 2019, the Kazakhstan government has started intercepting all HTTPS internet traffic inside its borders.

Local internet service providers (ISPs) have been instructed by the local government to force their respective users into installing a government-issued certificate on all devices, and in every browser.

The certificate, once installed, will allow local government agencies to decrypt users' HTTPS traffic, look at its content, encrypt it again with their certificate, and send it to its destination.

Link: https://thenextweb.com/security/2019/07/...r-threats/

Tracefl0w · 07-19-2019, 03:40 PM

At least they are not hiding it.

Drako · 07-19-2019, 07:31 PM

Why would Kazakhstan want to do that? The internet situation in Central Asia/Asia is really broken...

mothered · 07-20-2019, 04:34 AM

Quote:The certificate, once installed, will allow local government agencies to decrypt users' HTTPS traffic, look at its content, encrypt it again with their certificate, and send it to its destination.

Invasion of privacy at It's best.

If they had reason to Intercept traffic, fine, but I don't see the logic behind this.

natifix · 07-31-2019, 07:03 PM

(07-20-2019, 04:34 AM)mothered Wrote:
Quote:The certificate, once installed, will allow local government agencies to decrypt users' HTTPS traffic, look at its content, encrypt it again with their certificate, and send it to its destination.

Invasion of privacy at It's best.

If they had reason to Intercept traffic, fine, but I don't see the logic behind this.

well you must think pretty highly of the USA since 9/11 then huh lmao

mothered · 07-31-2019, 09:16 PM

(07-31-2019, 07:03 PM)natifix Wrote:
(07-20-2019, 04:34 AM)mothered Wrote:
Quote:The certificate, once installed, will allow local government agencies to decrypt users' HTTPS traffic, look at its content, encrypt it again with their certificate, and send it to its destination.

Invasion of privacy at It's best.

If they had reason to Intercept traffic, fine, but I don't see the logic behind this.

well you must think pretty highly of the USA since 9/11 then huh lmao

I don't believe anyone should Intercept traffic without reason.

natifix · 08-04-2019, 03:06 AM

There would be no reason too... with a few adjustments in our societal structure.