Last week, news broke that the Government of Kazakhstan is working on his own "Great Firewall" so that it can intercept Internet traffic and mobile data of its citizens. News broke in the form of a press release of large telecommunications company of Kazakhstan, Kazakhtelecom JSC, which announced its plan to intercept encrypted data as a mandatory provision under the law. As The Verge reports, the press release has since been deleted. This initiative is, of course, is supposed to name the protection of Internet users, still represents a threat to privacy by allowing increased government surveillance, monitoring and censorship.
The New York Times reported that the "Great Firewall" is less developed than China. It mandates that citizens install a "security certificate" on both phones and computers, allowing for access to encrypted data from foreign servers "circumvent encryption protocols such as HTTPS and SSL." this practice is set to take effect on 1 January 2016.
Unfortunately, this is not the first country modeling their Internet practices after great firewall of China. earlier this year, Thailand announced plans for a great firewall of its own.
As a company that strives for a private Internet experience, secure and open for users worldwide, we are not happy to learn that yet another country is working on a great firewall. We will be watching closely in January to see how things are progressing.
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