North Korean Defectors Adapt Security Behaviors Under Surveillance
Original title: Digital Security Under Compound Threats: Surveillance, Threat Reasoning, and Habituation Among North Korean Defectors in China
Interviews with 19 defectors identify adaptive and erosive habituation amid transnational threats and identity-linked infrastructure.
North Korean defectors in China face ongoing digital security uncertainty from North Korea and China. Semi-structured interviews reveal three conditions shaping threat reasoning: surveillance pressure, intermediary dependency, and prior schemas. Participants follow two trajectories of protective practice development.
- 19 defectors interviewed via semi-structured methods
- Transnational surveillance pressure identified as key factor
- Identity-linked digital infrastructure dependency noted
- Adaptive habituation from knowledge acquisition
- Erosive habituation from absence of incidents
- Victims
- North Korean defectors
- Countries
- ChinaNorth Korea
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1 min read at arxiv.orgNorth Korean defectors residing in China face persistent uncertainty regarding digital security and privacy. Through semi-structured interviews with 19 defectors, we examine how individuals understand digital threats and adapt their security behaviors.
By Yibo Meng · arxiv.org
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