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11/22/2024 10:43:07 pm

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North Koreans Download British Shows and Porn, Too

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North Koreans are fond of downloading porn just like normal internet users.

BitTorrent's monitoring site Scan Eye said citizens of the tightly controlled country love to download a bunch of British TV shows, video games and porn. BitTorrent cited downloads from 178 computers located in Pyongyang city.

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BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing site used to distribute large amounts of data over the Internet.

North Korean downloads include Tiny Troopers, Angry Birds, Top Gear (a British motor show), and a handful Japanese and American porn.

They even downloaded an HBO documentary, Manhunt: The Search for Bin Laden.

The question is who are the downloaders? It an intriguing question since internet access is rare in North Korea.

Martyn Williams, the North Korea Tech Blog owner, said he assumes the downloads came from foreigners who are visiting Pyongyang since the can only access the internet from the capital.

Williams added the shows being downloaded seem unlikely to be popular among North Koreans and appear random.

Another tech blogger Sebastian Anthony said, however, he assumes these kind of downloads are possibly made by North Koreans, as well.

"It is probably the easiest way to get them into the country. It is probably people working at big offices, governmental agencies, universities, et cetera. It could also be just one or two people downloading lots of stuff; it is hard to say," Anthony added.

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