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I doubt that. There is evidence that they have competent programmers. For example, in this year's ICPC, the North Korean team came 30th. That's pretty impressiv
by sn41 10y ago
I doubt that. There is evidence that they have competent programmers. For example, in this year's ICPC, the North Korean team came 30th. That's pretty impressive, considering that they may not have access to all the regular contest websites that people practice on:
https://icpc.baylor.edu/scoreboard/ https://icpc.baylor.edu/scoreboard/
- pwdisswordfish 10y agoThat doesn't actually prove very much. Successes in programming contests may demonstrate you can hack your way around an algorithmic problem that you're solving from scratch. Modifying a browser, an operating system and the communication protocols they use to add robust surveillance capabilities demands a different type of skill and resources: proficiency with an entire stack of technologies and knowledge of good engineering practices. This analysis seems to provide some evidence against the latter.
- kalleboo 10y agoI'm sure they have plenty of talented people, but that they're working on more important stuff than IT infrastructure