In Kazakhstan, the Internet Backdoors You (csoonline.com)

itwbennett writes: Kazakhstan passed a law that would require citizens to install a certificate on their personal computers and mobile devices that would allow the government to snoop and capture web traffic, passwords, financial details. Telecom.kz posted the news to their website on November 30, but by December 4 the press release had been removed from the website. This is just the latest example of government overreaching. Recently we've seen the Turkish government attempt to block access to social media sites. And let's not forget Thailand's attempt to roll out their own man-in-the-middle implementation.

Comments

In Russia, you

[Barryke]

I am aware that Putin does not know his borders, but Kazakhstan is not Russia.

Re:In Russia, you

[damn_registrars]

Slashdot conservatives are largely still living in the 80s (and longing for the second-coming of Saint Ronnie), so they don't see any former soviet-affiliated state as being any different from the (no longer extant) Soviet Union. For that matter they don't see any union being any different from the Soviet Union, but that is another topic...

(and yes, I know I will be down-modded for this but I have my asbestos underwear on today so go ahead and hit me)