BBC journalists managed to scope a telephone smuggled from North Korea. Although the device appears to look like an average phone, it hides a number of features showing the scale of surveillance of the citizens of the country Kim Jong Un.
South Korea may be associated with K-pop, kitchen or cosmetics industry. However, it is not essential to explain to anyone that North Korea, bordering this country, is simply a completely different country. Although its full name is the Korean People's Democratic Republic (KRLD), it has nothing to do with democracy. There is now the most stringent totalitarian strategy in the world. Under the dictatorship of Kim Jong Una lives about 26 million citizens, who are monitored regular and fed by the regime's propaganda. This country is cut off from the Internet, and each equipment is carefully adapted to the reality of the totalitarian state. Recently, BBC journalists had a telephone call that was expected to be smuggled from North Korea by the regular NK press agency last year. Journalists thoroughly examined the device, checked its functions, and saw with their own eyes how human rights are restricted in the Kim Jong Un regime.
What was found on the North Korean phone?
According to reports, in fresh years, the usage of smartphones has importantly increased in North Korea, including among average people. Today, most North Korean citizens have access to specified devices. But let this not fool you – in no way does it mean loosening the criminal regime, on the contrary. Thanks to the spread of technology among residents, the government has gained fresh methods of indoctrination of citizens. At 1 time we could only imagine what was on the devices there, but late a group of BBC journalists saw it with their own eyes.
photo. www.youtube.com/@BBCNewsA telephone smuggled from North Korea at first glance looks like a simple, modern smartphone. After switching on and entering the system, it besides seems to let everything we know from our devices. However, after a more detailed examination, it turned out that the smartphone was even suffused with a technology specially prepared by the government for indoctrination and surveillance of citizens. We will not download any external applications on the device, we can only usage those already installed. We besides do not have access to the net as we know it, but only to the internal, closely monitored North Korea network.
One of the basic functions of Kim Jong Un's government is censorship – you can besides see this from the tested smartphone. The device automatically censors the words we enter. For example, erstwhile the word “oppa” is written, the telephone automatically converts it to “association” and shows a informing that the word can only mention to an older brother. This is due to the fact that “oppa” can besides mean a boyfriend or partner in South Korean slang. The same happened after the entry “South Korea” – the telephone turned it into a “marionet state”, that is, the contemptible word for the government to South Korea. In addition to censorship of any words, the telephone besides made automatic screenshots all 5 minutes and stored them in an encrypted folder, available only to the authorities. Although all of this seems absurd to us, it is regular bread for millions of North Koreans.
