Privacy Purist Gifts

'Yes the business has become bigger, but Fred still likes to work at home.'

"I built this tree house for my kids. But it's so private, I've decided to use it as my home office."

Club Antisocial

40 Days without an on-the-job conversation.

"Do you mind?"

'Uh, Dad - My wife thinks she and I should have a mountain of our own.'

"The previous tenant was a bit of a shut-in."

"Of course, if they ever start to suspect all their TVs are watching them back, we may have problems."

Kid arrives with CCTV camera, saying: 'It followed me home, can we keep it?'

"Nothing else in my room can spin on the floor like a bottle."

She required plenty of personal space.

Hello from the shed.

Presidential surveillance ass!"

'We have some facts about you that you don't remember, some that you thought were really secret, and some that never even happened.'

"OK, now you can sing your heart out."

"I said on the phone '2 percent.' I’m sure the NSA would back me up."

"It's a baby. Federal regulations prohibit our mentioning its race, age, or gender."

"Fill out all these highly intrusive forms...we can't wait!"

'Never mind how accurate they are -- How DISCREET are they?'

Computer spying.

'So glad we ticked the no publicity box.'

"Hey Alexa, make it nice and easy for hackers to keep tabs on everything I do and influence my voting intentions."

"Baldo, we need to talk."

Obama's surveillance of America.

A Failiure to Communicate

'I think its being tapped.'

Privacy Stops Where the Parking Lot Begins

"We understand you're not happy with our privacy policy."

"Stop following me, please! I'm going to the toilet!"

'officially, I'm on leave, but I'm really just ducking the media.'

"The key to happiness is privacy. Hear what I'm sayin'?"

"Companies know too much about us, listen...'You've earned 500 points and it's time you got back in touch with your cousin Emma'!"

"We need to be careful."

"You know, the doorway is never going to get popular until somebody invents the door."

Reality TV, or state surveillance? The ultimate expression of a signature television genre, or the logical conclusion of anti-terrorism legislation? Dirk searched for clues but the boundaries had blurred. No one was talking...