kimchi

Do people use WhatsApp in Korea? Is that what people use to call outside Korea? Or something else?

Grr kakao the most popular app has some weird security/domestic KYC bs

Context: aging Korean MIL suddenly decided to start regularly talking to equally aging family in Korea she hasn’t been in touch with for years on… regular long distance, racking up charges 😖 

trying to get them moved to a free app

Delver at contraptions.venkateshrao.com, running summerofprotocols.com, host of /gloom ☀️

In the sense you need an id to sign up for an ISP account? True in the US too… indirectly

Or something more direct?

don't they need a government id to use the internet in south korea? wild shit tbh