Delete Government-Linked Certificate Authorities in OSX

Inspired by http://zitseng.com/archives/7489

• Source (Github)

WARNINGS

• Do not run unless you understand what this is doing
• The CA system is broken by design - This is not a fix for that
• This is merely a band-aid for those interested or concerned about these root CAs

Usage#

chmod +x delete_gov_roots.sh
./delete_gov_roots.sh

You’ll be prompted for your password as root access is required to delete system-wide root certs.

See Also#

• http://convergence.io
• https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/certificate-patrol/
• https://github.com/kirei/catt
• https://www.eff.org/observatory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478418
• http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202858
• https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Certificate_and_Public_Key_Pinning