Can i call it "double standards" !?

Ctrl Alt Del

Hi,

just reading the weekend papers when I saw this article here:

North Korea's 'paranoid' computer operating system revealed
Hamburg conference hears that Red Star intranet allows Pyongyang to control citizens’ access to websites

Is kind of frustrating that after reading the article AND the funny comments, forget reading it about North Korea Republic location then, "teleport" yourself as in time and space anywhere in the so called civilised country / behind the wall and ... is there a difference from a technological point of view !?

Regards

anvilfour

Ctrl Alt Del wrote: »

Hi,

just reading the weekend papers when I saw this article here:

North Korea's 'paranoid' computer operating system revealed
Hamburg conference hears that Red Star intranet allows Pyongyang to control citizens’ access to websites

Is kind of frustrating that after reading the article AND the funny comments, forget reading it about North Korea Republic location then, "teleport" yourself as in time and space anywhere in the so called civilised country / behind the wall and ... is there a difference from a technological point of view !?

Regards

Thanks CAD, very interesting! Although I am surprised this comes as news as I believe Red Star has been around for a while. (The article admits as much).

Interestingly when I downloaded and tried it, I saw that gpg is included in the OS so it would still be possible to send gpg encrypted e-mails and symmetrically encrypt documents with a password.

I think the paranoia comes from the fact that each version of each file on the computer has a unique watermark, making it easier for the DPRK to crack down on pirated movies on USB sticks etc.

Manach

Thanks OP. Some interesting comments on /. : http://linux.slashdot.org/story/15/12/27/186254/north-koreas-operating-system-analyzed