Other markings are more subtle, but just as useful, in letting the nosey and bribe-hungry traffic police know who's who.

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We've reached out for comment just to be sure, but until a patch is provided, keep your phone concealed from nosey types who read tech sites and have saint-like patience.

ENGADGET

These claims are part of a propaganda campaign against our country by evil nitwit Uzbekistan who, as we all know, are a very nosey people with a bone in the middle of their brain.

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The unintended side effect is that the extra visual detail gives the entire film a sickly sheen of fakeness: the props look embarrassingly proppy and the rubber noses look a great deal more rubbery than nosey.

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