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When a user in Kazakhstan installs the root certificate provided by their ISP, they are choosing to trust a <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Certificate_authority">Certificate Authority</a> (CA) that enables the interception and decryption of network communications between Firefox and the website.<br /><br />As we <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2019/08/21/protecting-our-users-in-kazakhstan/">stated</a> in 2019, we believe this act undermines the security of our users and the web, and it directly contradicts Principle 4 of the <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/">Mozilla Manifesto</a> that states, “Individuals’ security and privacy on the internet are fundamental and must not be treated as optional.”<br /><br />As a result, Mozilla, as well as Apple, Google and Microsoft will block the use of the Kazakhstan root CA certificate within their browsers. Following Mozilla’s established <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/08/21/mozilla-takes-action-to-protect-users-in-kazakhstan/">precedent</a>, this means that it will not be trusted by Firefox even if the user has installed it. When attempting to access a website that responds with this certificate, Firefox users will see an error message stating that the certificate should not be trusted.<br /><br />We encourage users in Kazakhstan affected by this change to research the use of virtual private network (VPN) software or the <a href="https://www.torproject.org/download/">Tor Browser</a>, to access the Web. We also strongly encourage anyone who followed the steps to install the <a href="https://crt.sh/?id=3764973485">Kazakhstan government root certificate</a> to remove it from your devices and to immediately change your passwords, using a strong, unique password for each of your online accounts. The Password Manager <a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/password-manager-remember-delete-edit-logins#w_managing-usernames-and-passwords">built into</a> Firefox can be used to do this quite easily and across devices.</p> <p>This statement is also available in <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/files/2020/12/Kazakhstan_2020_RootCA_Revo_kk-KZ.pdf">Kazakh</a> and <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/files/2020/12/Kazakhstan_2020_RootCA_Revo_ru-RU.pdf">Russian</a>.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-tags"> <p><b>Tags:</b> <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/tag/encryption/" rel="tag">Encryption</a>, <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/tag/security/" rel="tag">Security</a>, <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/tag/trust/" rel="tag">Trust</a></p> </footer> </article><!-- #post --> </div> <nav id="adjacent-posts" class="section nav-paging"> <div class="content"> <p class="nav-paging-prev" role="navigation"> <a 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