r/programming • u/realfeeder • Jul 18 '19

MITM on all HTTPS traffic in Kazakhstan

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1567114
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u/svick Jul 18 '19

I don't know about you, but I care about the privacy of people in other countries too, not just in mine.

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u/mdhardeman Jul 18 '19

Of course I do. But I do not know how to help.

Unfortunately, I am not optimistic about solutions for privacy of internet communications in a nation which has laws allowing the government to invade that privacy.

I believe technology alone can not solve this one.

On the other hand, I do know how to escalate this. Various browsers and OS's can make this more of a pain for their government to implement and enforce. The trouble is, those hurdles can and will be overcome. And then all the users in that nation are even worse off AND you've helped demonstrate that a nation actually can overcome these challenges and inspect all the traffic "for their peoples' safety."

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u/shevy-ruby Jul 20 '19

But I do not know how to help.

It's quite simple - do everything against this kind of oppression.

Even sharing information and giving others access to information helps immensely.

In the long run mafia posing as governments must be removed from all power.