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Red Star OS (North Korean Linux distribution) (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] kersploosh 9 points 3 days ago

In 2015, two German researchers speaking at the Chaos Communication Congress described the internal operation of the OS. The North Korean government wants to track the underground market of USB flash drives used to exchange foreign films, music and writing, so the system watermarks all files on portable media attached to computers.

Interesting! I wonder what they do with the information.