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Fun with Red Star OS

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Re: Fun with Red Star OS

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Off-topic: the font in this blog renders very poorly. I know the solution is to disable remote fonts in ublock origin, but that means that websites that use fonts to show icons will not work properly. Has anybody found a solution?

Re: Fun with Red Star OS

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"The system is absolutely network-silent except when you actively do something that requires network access, like using the browser. It does not call the mothership, not for updates, not for telemetry, not to let Kim Jong Un know the status of your internal organs. Spoiler, he doesn’t give a fuck about your hentai porn. "

Take that, Microsoft!

Re: Fun with Red Star OS

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"The system is absolutely network-silent except when you actively do something that requires network access, like using the browser. It does not call the mothership, not for updates, not for telemetry, not to let Kim Jong Un know the status of your internal organs. Spoiler, he doesn’t give a fuck about your hentai porn. " Take that, Microsoft!

I recall reading a different “review” a few years back and they found it calling back home.

Re: Fun with Red Star OS

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"The system is absolutely network-silent except when you actively do something that requires network access, like using the browser. It does not call the mothership, not for updates, not for telemetry, not to let Kim Jong Un know the status of your internal organs. Spoiler, he doesn’t give a fuck about your hentai porn. " Take that, Microsoft!

In a former job, I had to inspect network traffic on my mac. So I install Charles, open it up, and start looking around. I was astounded how much network activity is going on that I had no idea about.

Re: Fun with Red Star OS

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post #4

"The system is absolutely network-silent except when you actively do something that requires network access, like using the browser. It does not call the mothership, not for updates, not for telemetry, not to let Kim Jong Un know the status of your internal organs. Spoiler, he doesn’t give a fuck about your hentai porn. " Take that, Microsoft!

I recall reading a different “review” a few years back and they found it calling back home.

The OS seems to be re-developed from scratch each version. Perhaps it has changed.

Re: Fun with Red Star OS

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"The system is absolutely network-silent except when you actively do something that requires network access, like using the browser. It does not call the mothership, not for updates, not for telemetry, not to let Kim Jong Un know the status of your internal organs. Spoiler, he doesn’t give a fuck about your hentai porn. " Take that, Microsoft!

In a former job, I had to inspect network traffic on my mac. So I install Charles, open it up, and start looking around. I was astounded how much network activity is going on that I had no idea about .

Apple would never write software that scans your files and reports material your XOR USG does not like, without your knowledge.

Re: Fun with Red Star OS

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In a former job, I had to inspect network traffic on my mac. So I install Charles, open it up, and start looking around. I was astounded how much network activity is going on that I had no idea about .

Apple would never write software that scans your files and reports material your XOR USG does not like, without your knowledge.

This must be sarcasm.

Re: Fun with Red Star OS

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"The system is absolutely network-silent except when you actively do something that requires network access, like using the browser. It does not call the mothership, not for updates, not for telemetry, not to let Kim Jong Un know the status of your internal organs. Spoiler, he doesn’t give a fuck about your hentai porn. " Take that, Microsoft!

This could be true, or it could recognize that it is running in a VM and change its behavior. This is a somewhat common trait of malware meant to throw off security researchers.

Re: Fun with Red Star OS

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post #2

Off-topic: the font in this blog renders very poorly. I know the solution is to disable remote fonts in ublock origin, but that means that websites that use fonts to show icons will not work properly. Has anybody found a solution?

I can also see it. It must be a Firefox bug. Reduce zoom to whatever it takes to counter your DPI scaling.
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