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Annual Big Brother Award Winners Announced

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the or-would-they-be-losers dept.

SteamyMobile writes "Privacy International announced its Sixth Annual Big Brother awards today. These are awards given to the governments, business and individuals who are doing the most to bring us closer to Orwell's world of 1984. Normally this award is reserved for the British, but there are so many great candidates from other countries this year that they had to acknowledge that. So, who won, and who shall we nominate for next year? This certainly is an area with some tough competition lately."

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  1. Oh, THAT Big Brother by tehspuddy · · Score: 1, Funny

    And i thought it had something to do with that godforsaken TV show!

    1. Re:Oh, THAT Big Brother by Darth+McBride · · Score: 2, Funny

      Big Brother gets all the attention!

      What about lil' Brudder? Doesn't he deserve more?

      You just keep scaping along lil' budddy.

      *sniff*

  2. Re:U.S.-Visit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, certainly not anything like the big stink they kicked up about Brazil demanding similar measures. How unfair of anyone else to try and tell the U.S. what to do... tut tut!

  3. I Am not listed ??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I watch 24/7 webcams from dorm girls...

    That's what big brother is about, isn't it.

  4. Suck this by t_allardyce · · Score: 3, Funny

    Normally this award is reserved for the British

    Yeah, well atleast we can still swear on TV, drink at 18, protest without being pepper sprayed and burn our (and your) flags ;)

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  5. Re:I'm disappointed.. by meringuoid · · Score: 5, Funny
    The USA: Not as Bad as North Korea

    There's an inspiring slogan for the free world, eh?

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  6. Re:Photo ID or Face by NewtonsLaw · · Score: 4, Funny

    Runner-up in this category [Most Invasive Company] was banking firm Lloyds TSB, which has been demanding that customers present themselves at their local branch office with proper photo ID or face having their bank accounts frozen

    No, this is a cunning new form of phishing. The address given for their local branch is actually a crude cardboard replica of that branch and when they present their photoID it is run through a scanner and copied so that the picture can be altered and it can be used to access your real account. :-)

    Boy, some people are so stupid :-)

  7. Re:I'm disappointed.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I got Ashcroft on the phone for you.

    He says the only reason your comment stands is because you can't sit in solitary confinement, and that you're on the list now. You are on the god damned list and you ain't never getting off!

    Then he started laughing in this evil way, so hard that he started to cry. Last I hear was that he was going to kill some kittens for the fatherland or something.

    anyway, war out,

    Right wing nutter.

  8. Re:U.S.-Visit? by Capt'n+Hector · · Score: 1, Funny
    How will I know who will use the data in the US-Visit database?

    Seeing as the data consists of a picture and finger scan, it'll most probably be sold to advertisers of skin care products, using advanced image analysis tehniques to determine what products certain individuals might need.

    "Hey, this kid has acne! Let's send him some sample treatments!", or "This dude has dry skin, let's sell him some moisturizer!"

    What, you don't think the dermatology industry doesn't have its well-cared-for hands on the puppet strings in washington? Think again!

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