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Florian Grunow, Niklaus Schiess: Lifting the Fog on Red Star OS

media.ccc.de · 46.4K views · 2015-12-28 · 56:52

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Overview

A 32C3 talk dissecting Red Star OS, North Korea's state-built operating system. The speakers explain its internals and how it invades users' privacy, including file watermarking.

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HN points to it as a deep dive into the surveillance features of North Korea's OS and the extent of that state's digital tracking.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2020–2022

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Security & hackingOperating systems & kernelsPrivacy, surveillance & cybercrime
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MaxLeiter · 2022-04 · Recommendation

If you found this article interesting and are curious for examples of North Korea’s extensive digital surveillance, I recommend watching “Florian Grunow, Niklaus Schiess: Lifting the Fog on Red Star OS”: [VIDEO] The depths to which North Korea goes to track and monitor its citizens is a lot more complex than I thought (and this video is from 6 years ago, so they’ve probably only improved their surveillance)

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freeflight · 2021-11 · Recommendation

A bit older but quite relevant and entertaining; "Florian Grunow, Niklaus Schiess: Lifting the Fog on Red Star OS", from the 2015 Chaos Computer Congress. [VIDEO]

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pndy · 2021-11 · Recommendation

[VIDEO] - Florian Grunow and Niklaus Schiess, Lifting the Fog on Red Star OS - A deep dive into the surveillance features of North Korea's operating system The bit more detailed view, I'd say

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