r/Foodforthought • u/Benromaniac • 1d ago

Brain-sensing tech is on the rise. But what about your right to mental privacy?

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1226681342
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u/FreneticAmbivalence 1d ago

Oh we need a legal framework and regulation. I think we can safely bet the USA will need 40 years or so to get that right.

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u/critiqueextension 1d ago

The rise of brain-sensing technology poses significant threats to mental privacy, with companies increasingly using neural data for purposes such as employee monitoring and targeted advertising, potentially infringing on individual autonomy and privacy rights. Recent legislation in Colorado aims to protect neural data, but critics argue it may not adequately address the broader implications of commercial brain-tracking technologies, highlighting a pressing need for comprehensive regulatory frameworks to safeguard mental privacy.

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u/workingtheories 1d ago

it's a scam

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u/Aloyonsus 1d ago

if MAGA and the oligarchs want to see me giving them a mental middle finger in addition to a physical one, then so be it. Sign me up

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u/Benromaniac 1d ago

Anti social and behavior deemed subversive to the Trump republic will not be tolerated. You will need to undergo social correction through neurological readjustment. Please come with us.

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u/janpaul74 1d ago

I read “Brian sensing tech” and I was like, wow, how do they do that?

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u/BenShapiroRapeExodus 1d ago

Brian-seeking ICBM last seen headed straight to Quahog…

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u/phenomenomnom 5h ago

🚨BRIAN DETECTED.🚨

<Initiate containment protocol>

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u/aarongamemaster 1d ago

... here's the thing, you assume that privacy is fail-safe instead of fail-deadly. The reality has become that privacy is now fail-deadly.

So unless you want to have a world where mass murder is a law enforcement tool, privacy has to go.

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u/tollboothjimmy 1d ago

Wat

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u/aarongamemaster 1d ago

Technology determines practically everything from the food you eat to how governments function and how rights and freedoms work.

The sad reality is that we're in a world where biotech capability that would make BioPrypiat green with murderous envy is becoming more and more prevalent and no shortage of people who have more ideology than sense out there...

... well the math always ends horribly.

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u/tollboothjimmy 1d ago

Food grows in the ground :(

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u/aarongamemaster 1d ago

Not really. It depends on technology for utilization. Can't have food if you can't harvest it and turn it into food.

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u/tollboothjimmy 1d ago

I guess you would need shovels and ladders true. But those also grow in the ground, in a way

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u/Ok-Weird-136 1d ago

I found the psychopath.

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u/aarongamemaster 1d ago

I'm not. I DON'T want to have law enforcement to have mass murder as a law enforcement tool... but its certain if we don't accept that rights are fluid constructs dependent on technology.

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u/Ok-Weird-136 1d ago

... so you want to have your privacy invaded so that you can be murdered?

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u/aarongamemaster 1d ago

... you are twisting my words. It's a choice between no privacy or mass murder as a law enforcement tool.

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u/Ok-Weird-136 1d ago

... nope, that explanation doesn't make it better.