Culture Buzz Big Brother catches The Man with his pants down. (via mediaite.com)
Anybody who has been to a major European city (and New York is starting to catch up stateside) can tell you how true this is. Big Brother is on every corner. Or in this case he's everywhere on one corner. (via imgur.com)
Illustrator Will Varner delivers a wry commentary on the modern US surveillance state.
After it was revealed that Nokia provided the Iranian government with surveillance assistance during the post-election crackdown, Iranians are rightfully upset. One created this ad for a “new Nokia product, produced with the cooperation of the Islamic Republic of Iran” that is “capable of identifying, torturing and killing Iranian youth.”
It's like dominoes for consumers! And, it looks like Target got themselves a little bit of unintended product placement. Hooray for idiots!