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Update: Apple spox said Safari is blocking the root certificate as well. “We have taken action to ensure the certificate is not trusted by Safari and our users are protected from this issue.” https://t.co/VDSpPhc3IY
— Amrita Khalid (@askhalid) August 21, 2019
Microsoft says "The Certificate Authority (CA) in question is not a trusted CA in our Trusted Root Program" https://t.co/F6EaPcN5QI
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) August 21, 2019
Kazakhstan has implemented a new monitoring system that would offer the government access to all web traffic within the country, even encrypted data.
— WIRED (@WIRED) August 21, 2019
Now, Google, Mozilla, and Apple are adding technical protections to their browsers to fight back. https://t.co/948YTlx4My
New: Google and Mozilla have now blocked a root certificate from the Kazakhstan government in their browsers. The cert could be used to intercept Facebook, Gmail, Twitter etc encrypted traffic.
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) August 21, 2019
Microsoft hasn't done the same. Apple didn't respond https://t.co/F6EaPcN5QI pic.twitter.com/rDWBVHcYjV
Apple, Google, and Mozilla block Kazakhstan's HTTPS intercepting certificate in their respective browsers
— Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi) August 21, 2019
Measure comes a little too late, as the Kazakh government has stopped using it, but the ban will the root cert from ever being useful againhttps://t.co/wlqSdvjYuP pic.twitter.com/K3oiOWBpGC
People around the world trust us to protect them as they navigate the internet.
— Firefox ? (@firefox) August 21, 2019
We don’t take actions like this lightly, but protecting our users & the integrity of the web is the reason Firefox exists.https://t.co/OhdWhsH4JP
Big tech companies aren't letting #Kazakhstan's mass surveillance go unnoticed—and neither should you. https://t.co/x52edZj8FP
— Freedom House (@freedomhouse) August 21, 2019
We are grateful to hear @mozilla & @googlechrome
— Roya Ensafi (@royaensafi) August 21, 2019
took actions against shameful Kazakhstan's MitM following our @CensoredPlanet report: https://t.co/TQ32kLXOqPhttps://t.co/ClcfzeQWBOhttps://t.co/l2IbStrAUi pic.twitter.com/6HrkzIe4G6
On the Kazakhstan MITM: https://t.co/aG10FOUDEC https://t.co/lUlS84IV4y
— Adam Langley (@agl__) August 21, 2019
カザフスタン政府が国民の通信を傍受可能にするための証明書はルート証明書に入れるリクエストも数年前に拒否したけど、今度全国民の端末にインストールさせるという証明書も信頼しないことにして利用者の通信を政府に監視されないように対応。https://t.co/A1lrZXJ0nE
— dynamis (でゅなみす) (@dynamitter) August 21, 2019
Mozilla takes action to protect users in Kazakhstan - The Mozilla Blog https://t.co/BTBtLDObl0
— Mike Conley @mconley@mastodon.social (@mike_conley) August 21, 2019
The Mozilla Blog: Mozilla takes action to protect users in Kazakhstan https://t.co/Xs1FcocNfV
— Planet Mozilla (@planetmozilla) August 21, 2019
Oh, shi..https://t.co/JFHMpV4nZW
— Zharzhan Kulmyrza (@zharzhan_) August 21, 2019
And kudos to @mozsec for taking a strong stance in defense of their users in Kazakhstan... https://t.co/eAabUJwTrU
— Justin Schuh ? (@justinschuh) August 21, 2019
Mozilla takes action to protect users in Kazakhstan https://t.co/M44L4RpsiE via @mozilla
— tbiz (@tbiz) August 21, 2019
A response from Mozilla too: https://t.co/N68VVflS3y
— Scott Helme (@Scott_Helme) August 21, 2019
then again when US government monitors everything, the #Firefox action is to shut up ...b/c Kazakhstan is the real issue
— pff (@reality_be_rent) August 21, 2019
foundations like #Mozilla or #GNOME can protest against #USA regulations and polices by simply moving away, eg to Canada or EUhttps://t.co/p1h8GEpQwS
Google, Mozilla and Apple are taking a coordinated action to prevent the Kazakhstani government from using bulk surveillance on citizen web browsing.https://t.co/BdaU8Bu7gG
— Axios (@axios) August 21, 2019
Here's our @googlechrome response to the Kazakhstan government order for HTTPS interception: https://t.co/aZiFE5S7CJ?
— Parisa Tabriz (@laparisa) August 21, 2019
An update on that Kazakhstan certificate thing... https://t.co/VwxtNkih8E
— Justin Schuh ? (@justinschuh) August 21, 2019
Chrome nuked the Kazakhstan government's interception certificate with an entry in CRLset: https://t.co/jOsWnVXVVZ
— Scott Helme (@Scott_Helme) August 21, 2019
"Chrome will be blocking the certificate the Kazakhstan government required users to install" https://t.co/xTwC6wxJ2s
— Jonas Lejon (@jonasl) August 21, 2019
Is this a principled stance, or easier because of small market? >> Google, Apple, and Mozilla block Kazakhstan government’s browser spying ↘️ https://t.co/ZpVgtNCu7z
— Marietje Schaake (@MarietjeSchaake) August 21, 2019
#FreedomOnTheNet's @adrianshahbaz provides important insights on #Kazakhstan's increased efforts to surveil local users https://t.co/18lCJtIKzk @lilyhnewman
— Freedom on the Net (@freedomonthenet) August 21, 2019
The next obvious step is for a government to fork a browser - and of course do it badly (eg not apply security updates). Beyond the ? effect, this makes it even more clear that your choice of browser is important. https://t.co/xCxPTxr2VH
— Mark Nottingham (@mnot) August 22, 2019
Mozilla takes action to protect users in Kazakhstan https://t.co/ArHMKMGr6b @mozillaさんから
— hsjoihs (@hsjoihs) August 22, 2019
That's great and all, but could you stop virtue signaling for a second and tell us when we can get this in the US?https://t.co/kaedQRAA4M
— Raging Golden Eagle (@RageGoldenEagle) August 22, 2019
#Mozilla takes action to protect users in #Kazakhstan https://t.co/Lk5lUVfiku fight the good fight, #firefox
— Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) (@schestowitz) August 21, 2019
cc @glynmoody
Mozilla takes action to protect users in Kazakhstan – The Mozilla Blog https://t.co/Ewh5lvcuMX pic.twitter.com/vJGGnTQQkX
— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) August 21, 2019
Chrome, Firefox, and Safari updated to block Kazakhstan government spying https://t.co/JyQkk93h5Z #Security #Cybersecurity #Hackers #Cyberattacks #CSO #Cyber #Infosec
— Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) August 22, 2019
I'm proud to see companies stick up for privacy this way, but we absolutely cannot tolerate such invasive and outdated behaviour by our governments. "Google, Apple, and Mozilla block Kazakhstan government’s browser spying" https://t.co/33aidpztVG
— Lucie Krahulcova (@nomadiclucie) August 22, 2019
Google, Apple, and Mozilla block Kazakhstan government’s browser spying https://t.co/nDtcmQjuo0 by @JBrodkin
— One Microsoft Way (@OneMicrosoftWay) August 21, 2019
"Major browser makers are blocking the use of a root certificate that #Kazakhstan's government has used to intercept Internet traffic."https://t.co/FSlVclK4Je
— e-sushi (@originalesushi) August 21, 2019
Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox will block a government encryption certificate that allows authorities to read anything a user types or posts using the browsers, including account information and passwords https://t.co/jOW6Pd4Wjc
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) August 22, 2019