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These North Korean Smartphones Reveal the Extent to Which a Regime Can Monitor Your Digital Life.

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A YouTuber managed to get hold of two North Korean smartphones. What he discovered goes far beyond the simple absence of Google or social media, and shows the lengths to which an authoritarian regime can go to control everything a user does.
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These North Korean Smartphones Reveal the Extent to Which a Regime Can Monitor Your Digital Life.

A YouTuber managed to get hold of two North Korean smartphones. What he discovered goes far beyond the simple absence of Google or social media, and shows the lengths to which an authoritarian regime can go to control everything a user does.

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01net broke the news in on Wednesday, November 26, 2025.
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