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China's thought police may already be at work in America
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China's thought police may already be at work in America. US citizens may discover that the tech they use every day is being abused by a foreign adversary.
Brain wearables can’t literally read our thoughts, but they can be used to probe a person’s mind for recognition of facts, numbers, words, shapes, images and even political biases. Nita Farahany is author of the forthcoming book, "The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology" (March 14, 2023, St. Martin’s Press) and the Robinson O. Everett Professor of Law & Philosophy.
Consumer brain wearables are devices with brain sensors embedded into everyday technology like ear buds, headphones and watches that can detect brain activity to give us insight into our own minds. Powerful algorithms can decode and classify brain activity to tell whether a person is focused, stressed, engaged, frustrated, mediating and more. Which means that as you listen to music or take a conference call, your brain activity can be recorded in real-time.