Meet the group trying to take down North Korea with USB sticks

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Human Rights Foundation

A human rights organization is trying to influence people living in one of the most closed societies in the world, with nothing more than USB sticks.

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Earlier this year, the Human Rights Foundation launched "Flash Drives for Freedom" with the goal of changing the totalitarian system of North Korea to a more free and open society, by delivering information and education, instead of relying on diplomacy or military action.

Roughly 10,000 drives loaded with "subversive" content will be delivered to the country by the end of this year.

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"Truth is an incredibly dangerous weapon," Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer for the Human Rights Foundation, told Business Insider.