The banks advocated the installation of digital development office certificates in Russian smartphones This material (information) is produced and distributed by the bell's foreign agent or relates to the activities of the bell's foreign agent. 18+ The Association of Banks of Russia (ADB) sent a letter to the Ministry of Digital Development with a request to make pre-installation of TLS certificates issued by the National Certification Center mandatory on smartphones in the Russian market, RBC reports. Security certificates (TLS certificates) are an electronic document that confirms the authenticity of a website and enables a secure connection between the user's browser and the server. They are issued by certification authorities, including the world's largest: Let Us Encrypt, GlobalSign and Google Trust Services. In addition to the mandatory installation of NCA certificates, the letter suggests: - developing a convenient installer of root certificates for popular operating systems (including Windows and Linux); - pre-installation of root certificates in Russian operating systems; - establish requirements for manufacturers of computers, mobile phones and other devices to pre-install root certificates during the production phase; - Conducting an awareness campaign to raise awareness of safety certifications. Russian certificates have been around for a few years, but the big banks only started switching to them in August this year, which is why their websites no longer open in regular browsers. Installing a DMO root certificate forces the device to trust all websites signed by the NCA, which dramatically increases the risk of "man-in-the-middle" attacks - when a third party is embedded between the user and the website and can decipher and read your traffic. We talked about it in more detail here.