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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. 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!

  2. 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.

  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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 :-)