> How is this getting intruded upon? The connection is still encrypted the whole purpose of certificates is to verify with WHO you are connected with. In the K

> How is this getting intruded upon? The connection is still encrypted the whole purpose of certificates is to verify with WHO you are connected with. In the Kazakhstan case the government by installing a root certificate has the ability to impersonate gmail. > More importantly, suppose I checkin to a hotel in USA as I usually do and use the hotel's wifi. Would they be able to intrude into my connection to https://gmail.com https://gmail.com? If the site you visit is over https you can be relatively certain that you are indeed establishing an encrypted connection with the domain owner. If it's plain http anyone sniffing in the same wifi can see and mess with your traffic