freeflighton Hacker News • Recommends
On “Fun with Red Star OS”
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. link to this video
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Florian Grunow, Niklaus Schiess: Lifting the Fog on Red Star OS
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- Presented by Florian Grunow, security researcher
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Florian Grunow and Niklaus Schiess present a deep dive into the security, privacy invasion, and file watermarking mechanisms of North Korea's Red Star OS.
Angae means "Fog" in Korean. The term is widely used in parts of custom code used by the Red Star OS. We will lift the fog on the internals of North Korea's operating system. Our talk will provide information about how privacy is invaded for all users of Red Star OS and how an operating system designed by a totalitarian dictatorship works. Florian Grunow, Niklaus SchiessWhy it's here
3 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as a fascinating deep dive into the surveillance features and custom code of North Korea's state-built operating system.
pndyon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Fun with Red Star OS”
link to this 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
pndyon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Fun with Red Star OS”
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 1 1 - link to this video The bit more detailed view, I'd say
MaxLeiteron Hacker News • Recommends
On “North Koreans are jailbreaking phones to access forbidden media”
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”: link to this 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)
DavidPeifferon Hacker News • Mentions
On “German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux”
Interesting note on Red Star OS: They appear to have a watermarking system allowing them to track how files move between people. link to this video Previous discussion: link