Google and Mozilla have moved to block the Kazakhstan government from intercepting internet traffic.
It comes after reports internet services providers in the country have required people to install a government-issued certificate on all devices and in every browser.
The government said the software was a security measure.
But Google and Mozilla said it would allow the government to decrypt and read anything a user types or posts.
The country has a poor human rights record by international standards.
The Ministry of Digital Development in the former Soviet republic said telecoms operators in the capital ... Read even more