Comment on In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 10 months agoAt least you can choose not to use their services. Not much choosing going on in North Korea
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.
use the word Quellentelekommunikationsüberwachung
Yeah, right, as if that can be used by humans, or if it’s even a word.
de.wikipedia.org/…/Telekommunikationsüberwachung#…
It means “telecommunication source surveillance”.
Korkki@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
North korean are forced to use a smartphone?
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 10 months 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.