• YouTuber Mrwhosetheboss has exposed two North Korean smartphones, revealing extreme levels of state censorship, from blocked internet access to propaganda-filled apps and banned keywords. • The devices secretly take automatic screenshots, restrict file access, and require government approval for installing even basic apps. • Every part of the operating system is designed to monitor citizens, making personal computing virtually impossible.
North Korea’s smartphones were never meant to be seen by the outside world, but in a rare deep dive, YouTuber MrWhosetheboss has exposed just how the region and its regime rig devices for surveillance, censorship, and propaganda.

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