Wikipedia is always a fun game of , is it a weird thing this country is doing OR is it imperialists putting a weird spin on something normal OR is it just a straight up lie? Like
There is a user group called "administrator" in the operating system. Users do not have root access by default, but are able to elevate their privileges to root by running a built-in utility called "rootsetting". However, provisions are made in kernel modules to deny even root users access to certain files, and extensive system integrity checks are done at boot time to ensure these files have not been modified.
That is how a lot of operating systems do things... okay.
The system also has hidden "anti-virus" software that is capable of removing censored files that are remotely stored by the North Korean secret service.
Does it? Or is it just normal anti-virus but managed by the government?
The operating system comes pre-installed with a number of applications that monitor its users - if a user tries to disable security functions, the operating system often restarts in continuous loops or destroys itself
your pc/mac/phone is 100000% monitoring you and a lot of machines will brick themselves if they detect tampering. Again, not abnormal. Not a fan obviously but like,,,, certainly not out of the ordinary.
In addition, a watermarking tool integrated into the system marks all media content with the hard drive's serial number, allowing the North Korean authorities to trace the spread of files.
This seems sus (to me as a commie), but you'd think the western media would be all for DRM, right? Are they suddenly pro-piracy when the DPRK is doing it?
but uh also the source for all this is just one for the whole paragraph, this sketchy as fuck looking page --> https://media.ccc.de/v/32c3-7174-lifting_the_fog_on_red_star_os#t=1336 (or source 14 if you want to click on it through wikipedia). I thought wikipedia had like, standards for what they could use as a source, like they require actual news articles, but for this, apparently some video on what looks to be a german website is fine though? I didn't watch the video, but certainly the intent of whatever software developed was not hardcoded into the OS and wouldn't count as actual reporting. But of course it's all skewed to be in the worst possible light even when it's just "having an antivirus".
But anyway it doesn't say the cost for 3.0 but the 2.0 cost was equivalent to like $30. That's with antivirus and a web browser. A Windows license is what, around $200 now? And you have to get a separate antivirus? Sounds p good tbh
like they require actual news articles, but for this, apparently some video on what looks to be a german website is fine though?
CCC is a left-ish hacktivist group. They're kinda radlib at times, but they're reliably pro piracy, pro privacy, pro whistleblowing and feature leftist activists in their conferences. I haven't seen the vid about Red Star, but there's at least a chance the speaker is much less biased than your average mainstream news outlet.
Their vids are often very dry and the speakers tend to be on the dorkier side, but they're a good source for OpSec and what the surveilance apparatus both public and private have been up to lately. Their vids all have English subs afaik, too, but i don't know how good the translations are.
Oh that's actually based, hell yeah. Still a weird for it to be the only source on wikipedia, i've seen wiki remove links to what to similar sites and say it doesn't hold up to their standards. To be clear, that's on wikipedia for being arbitrarily selective, not this group.
There's still a chance the speaker is just a huge STEMlord, but it could also go along the lines of "so there's this backdoor and that tracking feature, but Western OS have these as well, it'll just be the CIA instead of the DPRK spying on you."
Maybe it's just a result of the interests of Wikipedia's dedicated userbase, or maybe it's just because it's harder to find relevant, informative RS, but I've found that articles on tech and especially FOSS-related topics have significantly more lax editorial standards.
DPRK has a the linux based https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_OS
Wikipedia is always a fun game of , is it a weird thing this country is doing OR is it imperialists putting a weird spin on something normal OR is it just a straight up lie? Like
That is how a lot of operating systems do things... okay.
Does it? Or is it just normal anti-virus but managed by the government?
your pc/mac/phone is 100000% monitoring you and a lot of machines will brick themselves if they detect tampering. Again, not abnormal. Not a fan obviously but like,,,, certainly not out of the ordinary.
This seems sus (to me as a commie), but you'd think the western media would be all for DRM, right? Are they suddenly pro-piracy when the DPRK is doing it?
but uh also the source for all this is just one for the whole paragraph, this sketchy as fuck looking page --> https://media.ccc.de/v/32c3-7174-lifting_the_fog_on_red_star_os#t=1336 (or source 14 if you want to click on it through wikipedia). I thought wikipedia had like, standards for what they could use as a source, like they require actual news articles, but for this, apparently some video on what looks to be a german website is fine though? I didn't watch the video, but certainly the intent of whatever software developed was not hardcoded into the OS and wouldn't count as actual reporting. But of course it's all skewed to be in the worst possible light even when it's just "having an antivirus".
But anyway it doesn't say the cost for 3.0 but the 2.0 cost was equivalent to like $30. That's with antivirus and a web browser. A Windows license is what, around $200 now? And you have to get a separate antivirus? Sounds p good tbh
CCC is a left-ish hacktivist group. They're kinda radlib at times, but they're reliably pro piracy, pro privacy, pro whistleblowing and feature leftist activists in their conferences. I haven't seen the vid about Red Star, but there's at least a chance the speaker is much less biased than your average mainstream news outlet.
Their vids are often very dry and the speakers tend to be on the dorkier side, but they're a good source for OpSec and what the surveilance apparatus both public and private have been up to lately. Their vids all have English subs afaik, too, but i don't know how good the translations are.
Oh that's actually based, hell yeah. Still a weird for it to be the only source on wikipedia, i've seen wiki remove links to what to similar sites and say it doesn't hold up to their standards. To be clear, that's on wikipedia for being arbitrarily selective, not this group.
There's still a chance the speaker is just a huge STEMlord, but it could also go along the lines of "so there's this backdoor and that tracking feature, but Western OS have these as well, it'll just be the CIA instead of the DPRK spying on you."
Maybe it's just a result of the interests of Wikipedia's dedicated userbase, or maybe it's just because it's harder to find relevant, informative RS, but I've found that articles on tech and especially FOSS-related topics have significantly more lax editorial standards.
I've noticed that as well.
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