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Kazakhstan begins intercepting citizens’ web traffic to protect them from cyber threats

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by on July 19, 2019 at 6:16 am
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The Kazakhstan government has started to intercept all HTTPS traffic from all devices within its borders effective July 17, reports ZDNet. Local internet service providers (ISPs) have been instructed by the government to force their citizens to install a state-authorized certificate on all devices, and all browsers. This certificate allows the Kazakhstan government to decrypt HTTPS internet traffic, view its contents, and then re-encrypt it with the certificate once again before it is sent to its destination, making it easy for the Kazakhstan government to surveil its citizens’ online activities. While the government says only internet users in Kazakhstan‘s capital of…

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YouTube’s newest feature could save you a bundle in mobile data charges

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by on July 19, 2019 at 12:48 am
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YouTube’s newest feature lets users seamlessly swap between a song and its music video with no interruption. If an official music video exists, the mobile app’s screen will now display two options: “song” and “video”. The audio-only version will feature just the song and its cover art, while the video is time-matched to the song, meaning you can swipe back and forth between the two without pausing or starting over. Users can also head to the settings menu and toggle “don’t play music videos” if they’d prefer to use less data while not connected to WiFi — handy for those…

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