The West trumps North Korea on many levels here.<p>We have mass surveillance of virtually all private and public digital communications.<p>Backdoored hardware (UEFI, SMM, et al.) and software.<p>Fingerprinting of multimedia through DRM.<p>Fingerprinting embedded as &quot;a feature&quot; in the MS Word.<p>Fingerprinting embedded in printers and copy machines.<p>Operating systems (OSX and Windows) calling back to the HQ all the time.<p>Data stored and processed in the cloud for the government to check.<p>Gag orders to keep the people from speaking out.<p>Secret courts for those who do speak out.<p>Torture prisons in Europe for those who might do something against the government.