A smartphone smuggled by Seoul-based media organization Daily NK has offered a chilling glimpse into the extreme lengths the North Korean regime goes to in order to maintain a tight grip on its people.
At first glance, the device looks like any regular smartphone. But beneath its unassuming surface lies a suite of tools designed to track and correct its users’ behavior.
According to a BBC investigation, the phone automatically flags “unapproved” language, secretly snaps screenshots every five minutes, and even rewrites messages to align with state propaganda.
