Linux Concept: a North Korean answer to piracy

[killer de bug]

Freedom concept developed in North Korea. They have developed their own Linux system with some special additions. It is originally based on Fedora and they have found a way to stop piracy.

Illegal media is usually passed person-to-person in North Korea using USB sticks and microSD cards, making it hard for the government to track where they come from.
Red Star tackles this by tagging, or watermarking, every document or media file on a computer or on any USB stick connected to it. That means that all files can be traced.
“It’s definitely privacy invading. It’s not transparent to the user,” Grunow said. “It’s done stealthily and touches files you haven’t even opened.”

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/d ... esearchers

In case this is available on Git, should I ask Clem to push this on LM18?

[Fred Barclay]

In case this is available on Git, should I ask Clem to push this on LM18?

Absolutely! Maybe you and I should collaborate and make a .deb installer so we won't have to wait for Mint 18.

I'll see if I can get the TAILS devs to incorporate it into the upcoming Tails 2.0. It'd be even better if we can incorporate the IP address of the user into the watermark.

[Jedinovice]

Freedom concept developed in North Korea. They have developed their own Linux system with some special additions. It is originally based on Fedora and they have found a way to stop piracy.

Illegal media is usually passed person-to-person in North Korea using USB sticks and microSD cards, making it hard for the government to track where they come from.
Red Star tackles this by tagging, or watermarking, every document or media file on a computer or on any USB stick connected to it. That means that all files can be traced.
“It’s definitely privacy invading. It’s not transparent to the user,” Grunow said. “It’s done stealthily and touches files you haven’t even opened.”

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/d ... esearchers

In case this is available on Git, should I ask Clem to push this on LM18?

Compromise. Let's not and say we did.