Trusted Credentials?!

[jefboyardee]

I notice while perusing Hidden Android Settings a chapter called MonitoringCertInfoActivity. That leads to an intro of "A third party app is capable of monitoring your network activity, including emails, apps and secure websites. A trusted credential installed on your device is making this possible... Check trusted credentials." Yikes!

So I do that. The User side shows nothing. The System side shows about a thousand of these trusted credentials. Most, but not all, have unrecognizable names. They can be disabled individually, but not en masse. I have disabled the first five just to see what happens; so far, nothing.

Who the hell are all these trusted credentials? Should I disable all of them? Or should I just go back to bed?

 

[Crashdamage]

It's nothing to get too worried about...

http://tamingthedroid.com/trusted-credentials

 

[jefboyardee]

And your link says, "you should not normally have reason to modify this list yourself." So I'll put them back and go to bed.

 

[mikedt]

Just go back to bed. FWIW I trust the Hong Kong Post, Chunghwa Telecom, Wells Fargo, etc. You'll find your PC or Mac has them all as well.