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Brain Privacy

Posted by michael on from the he-knows-when-you've-been-naughty dept.

sleepyrobot writes "As neuroscience advances and brain scans become more sophisticated, the Boston Globe points out that some privacy advocates are concerned about brain privacy. Could employees be scanned for violent or depressive impulses? Could soldiers be screened for homosexuality? It sounds like a Philip K. Dick vision of the future, but some predict this will be a bigger ethical issue than genetics."

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  1. Non-story. by Hayzeus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is exactly why I keep a lock on the download port. Remember, physical security is your last line of defense...

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    Roving Web-Teleoperated Robot
  2. What's really outrageous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    is that somebody going for a master's degree in CS is still unable to spell a word as simple as "ridiculous." Hint: Right now I am ridiculing you .. I am not "rediculing" you. I cannot even begin to fathom how such a braindead incorrect spelling wormed its way into widespread usage.