Comment on In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance

• hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I guess a smart phone would be a luxury item in NK. So one could chose not to use one instead of being tracked?

  In Germany the government and police use the word Quellentelekommunikationsüberwachung (source telecommunication surveillance) when they express their desire to have a Trojan on someone’s phone - to protect the children of course.

  So the phenomenon is not unknown outside of NK.

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  • pressanykeynow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    use the word Quellentelekommunikationsüberwachung

    Yeah, right, as if that can be used by humans, or if it’s even a word.

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    • Muehe@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      de.wikipedia.org/…/Telekommunikationsüberwachung#…

      It means “telecommunication source surveillance”.

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      • pressanykeynow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Wow, German is weird.

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• Korkki@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  North korean are forced to use a smartphone?

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The ones who have the ability to own such luxury might be. Sorta like how some jobs require it in other parts of the world.

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