> > add a signature belonging to your install of the machine to pictures and video files > But why? Any media negative about the regime can be traced back to

> > add a signature belonging to your install of the machine to pictures and video files > But why? Any media negative about the regime can be traced back to its source so they can be suicided. edit, more specific info from https://www.reuters.com/article/northkorea-computers-idUSKBN0UA0GF20151227 https://www.reuters.com/article/northkorea-computers-idUSKBN...: >Red Star also addresses a more pressing concern: cracking down on the growing underground exchange of foreign movies, music and writing. >Illegal media is usually passed from 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 any file could be traced back to anyone who had previously opened or created the file.