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North Korean operating system is a surveillance state's tour de force

Danny 2

"The point of the device encryption is to protect the information on the system from being accessed after it was lost or stolen, not to protect the user from elaborate state-sponsored attacks or corrupt governments."

True, but it really should be explicit about that health warning. And where do you draw the line between a script-kiddie and an APT? For example, do the local police and council have access to my data if I trust MS encryption? Yes, they apparently do. And they shouldn't.

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