Flutterby™! : Stupid Security Competition

A fun competition: Stupid Security - highlighting pointless, annoying, intrusive, illusory and just plain stupid measures to "protect" our security. Most such measures are. These folks also sponsor a Big Brother Award that is interesting. Despite my presence on the web, I've worked hard to disappear from the normally intrusive parts of our society.. I get no non-work related junk mail, I use cash as much as is possible.. no credit cards.. etc.. I'm not a nutcase, but I do try to keep my profile as small as possible. I think the two items are linked though, good security almost has to involve a violation of privacy. Bonding and escrow of some identity information/service would be useful, but bad people are often wealthy enough to purchase credentials or the semblence of being a decent person.