Enormous amount of trusted system CA certificates

[James9999]

I just bought my Galaxy J7 Sky Pro phone  a couple of days ago. It made one system update, and everything seems fine. However, I was looking at the trusted SYSTEM CA certificates. There are 158! Is this normal? I am using Straight Talk service. I also connect to my house internet which is through Comcast. Nobody lives here but me. I take high security cautions. I can turn all these 'off', but is that the right thing to do? Thanks for any advice. 

 

[mikedt]

I just bought my Galaxy J7 Sky Pro phone  a couple of days ago. It made one system update, and everything seems fine. However, I was looking at the trusted SYSTEM CA certificates. There are 158! Is this normal? I am using Straight Talk service. I also connect to my house internet which is through Comcast. Nobody lives here but me. I take high security cautions. I can turn all these 'off', but is that the right thing to do? Thanks for any advice. 

CA meaning Certificate Authority...more information about them here...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority#Industry_organizations

Yup it's normal for any phone, tablet, computer, etc. that needs make secure encrypted HTTPS internet connections, e.g. browsing Android Forums with HTTPS. Don't turn them off or disable them, otherwise you might not be able to log into many websites, e.g. your bank. Facebook, etc.