Our privacy is practically gone. There really is no escape. You can't even enjoy simple things without worrying about somebody looking in. Especially with the recent Facebook data breaches we see how fleeting any sense of privacy truly can be. Even if you decide to go live in the woods, disconnected from the internet, Google is still up there flashing satellite photos of you. You'd think that some things would still be sacred, but technology finds a way to rob us of any privacy.
In this case the simple pleasure of sunbathing (nude I'm assuming) is taken away. Tall bushes used to be enough to stop a peeping neighbor, but that's just not the case with drones. Drones are especially cheap right now too. For $20 you could have your very own spy footage. That power does not belong in the hands of 99% of people.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.