Word: brotherish
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...habits), and they plan to use that knowledge to send ads, infomercials and special deals targeted to a household's income and interests. TiVo has sent its subscribers promos from Lexus and Best Buy, and this month they will get a trailer for the movie Mr. Deeds. Sound Big Brotherish? It doesn't seem to bother TiVo fans like John Harper. "If the commercial is entertaining enough," he says, "I'll watch...
...surveillance satellites, much of the public lacks faith, it seems, in the bureau's guarantee of total confidentiality. Like draft-card burners from the 1960s, some privacy-loving Americans have even vowed to pay the government's $100 penalty for nonfiling rather than satisfy Uncle Sam's Big Brotherish curiosity about such matters as whether their home has a working flush toilet...
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