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

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Security & hackingOperating systems & kernelsPrivacy, surveillance & cybercrime

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “A bit older but quite relevant and entertaining”

    CCC 2015 talk on Red Star OS, relevant and entertaining.

    freeflight, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Fun with Red Star OS”

  2. “A deep dive into the surveillance features of North Korea's operating system”

    More detailed deep dive into Red Star OS surveillance features.

    pndy, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Fun with Red Star OS”

  3. “The depths to which North Korea goes to track and monitor its citizens is a lot more complex than I thought”

    Shows how extensive and complex North Korea's digital tracking is.

    MaxLeiter, 2022-04 · Recommendation · in “North Koreans are jailbreaking phones to access forbidden media”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: red star os, north korea, surveillance, reverse engineering, ccc

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