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Due to the highly secure application, the cooperation of
ⓒwww1.president.go.kr/petitions
Telegram is essential. In order to get their help, people were
encouragedtoregisterandquittheapplicationmultipletimes.
When quitting Telegram, people were instructed to leave the
message“Nthroom-Weneedyourcooperation”asthereason
they quit the application. This movement was to inform
Telegramoftheseverityofthesituation.
▲ The Korean public signed a numerous petitions for the disclosure of the
participants inside the Nth room.
Theworriesagainsttechnologicaladvancement
One of the reasons that
ⓒSecEMS
differentiatetheNthroomfrom
Howisthepublicresponding?
other digital crimes is that it
takesadvantageoftechnological
Socialintegrationagainsttheaccomplices
The fury towards the Nth room united the public into one.
advancement. Professor Kim
A petition posted on the presidential website to the Blue
Seung-joo, from the Graduate
Houserequestingthedisclosureoftheidentitiesreceivedtwo-
School of Information Security
millionsignatureswithinfivedays,thehighesteverrecorded
at Korea University explains
number of signatures. Two-hundred thousand is the required
that Telegram uses end-to-end
▲ Telegram is a highly secured
messenger application.
number in order to require a response from the authorities.
encryption making it nearly
However, the petition exceeded the required number due to
impossible for decryption. The
highconcernsabouttheNthroom.
keytotheconversationisonlygiventothepeopleinvolvedin
An additional petition was raised for the removal and
the conversation. This end-to-end encryption prevents lawful
change of the designated judge, Oh Duk-shik, for the Nth
access, such as that which is required in the case of the Nth
roomcase.JudgeOhwasconsideredtohavebeentoolenient
room.
inhispreviousrulingsonillegaldigitalsexualcrimes.Judge
Telegram which values privacy above all and its
Oh is infamously known for judging deceased Goo Ha-ra’s
unwillingnesstocooperatewithanyrequestforhelp,triggers
ex-boyfriend, Choi Jong-bum, for threatening her to expose
worries from the public. Professor Kim says, “Investigation
a video of the two having sexual intercourse, filmed during
agenciesmustpossessdominanttechnicalskillssuchascode-
their relationship. Judge Oh decided to acquit Choi and
breaking, tracking crypto currency, analyzing the darknet
he requested to watch the video during the trial because it
andmore.”Inaddition,ProfessorKimadvisesthat“Absolute
was considered “important.” The petition to remove Judge
privacy may not be the right answer. Allowing investigation
Oh received four-hundred-thousand signatures. Due to this
lawfullyshouldbeactivelydiscussedtosomeextent.”
pressure,JudgeOhdecidedtoremovehimselffromthecase.
Therehasbeenanonlinemovementtoencouragepeopleto
registerforandthenquitthemessengerapplicationTelegram.
ThisisnotthefirsttimeKoreahasexperiencedhigh-
profile rape or digital crimes. However, one of the
reasons that the public was so shocked was because of
ⓒOhMyNews
the large number those involved in the Nth room. It is
difficult to imagine that such a large number of men
cannot differentiate between right and wrong and that
these men are potential future perpetrators. The Argus
wants to raise a question: What we can do to prevent
suchhideouscrimesinthefuture?Hopingthatsuchan
incidentwillnotrepeatitself,thefirststeptotakeisto
learnhowtorespectoneanotherashumanbeings.
soohyun1207@hufs.ac.kr
▲ People are protesting for the removal of Judge Oh Duk-shik.
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