'Worst in Show' Awards to Honor ‘Different Categories of Awfulness’

Many in the tech industry "may skip" CES 2022 due to COVID-19 concerns, “but no virus can stop unsafe, unrepairable, and utterly unnecessary devices" from commercial introduction, said right-to-repair advocacy group the Repair Association in a plug Monday for its annual "Worst in Show" Awards to be held virtually Jan. 7 on YouTube. Advocates in the privacy, security, repair and environmental sectors “will announce their picks in different categories of awfulness,” it said, emphasizing in a disclaimer that the awards have no affiliation with CES or CTA. Electronic Frontier Foundation Special Adviser Cory Doctorow will host the 12:30 p.m EST presentation.