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Stupid Security Awards
posted by mpawlo on Wednesday April 09, @09:29AM
from the you-really-do-not-want-to-be-on-this-list dept.
Civil Liberties miladus writes "Privacy International announced the winners of their Stupid Security Contest Awards.

Most Egregiously Stupid Award: The Australian Government for a litany of pointless, irritating and self-serving security measures
Most Inexplicably Stupid Award: Philadelphia International Airport for over-reaction to a bottle of cologne
Most Annoyingly Stupid Award: T-Mobile (UK) for pointless and idiotic financial security measures
Most Flagrantly Intrusive Award: Delta Terminal at JFK Airport for forcing a nursing mother to drink her own breast milk
Most Stupidly Counter Productive Award: San Francisco General Hospital for blind idiocy in its identity checking procedures
Dishonourable Mention: The New Yorker Hotel, New York for aggressive, unnecessary and meaningless security measures. "

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