<ul><li>Google will stop trusting certificates from two certificate authorities, Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom and Budapest-based Netlock, due to concerning behavior observed over the past year.</li><li>Certificate authorities like Chunghwa Telecom and Netlock provide digital certificates for encrypting traffic and certifying the authenticity of sites, having significant control over web security.</li><li>Chrome security team observed compliance failures and lack of progress in response to incident reports, leading to the decision to remove trust from these certificate authorities.</li><li>Continued public trust in these certificate authorities is no longer justified based on the aggregate factors and risk they pose to internet security as highlighted by the Chrome security team.</li></ul>

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