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the_red_scimitar t1_jdqxxsn wrote

Reply to comment by lightknight7777 in The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology. Prof Nita Farahany argues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, that intrusions into the mind are so close that lawmakers should enact protections by HorrorCharacter5127

Why don't you think it's possible? Are you aware that right now, the location and position of every person in a room that has wifi can be detected externally, as one example? This isn't the tech to scan brains (maybe), but it's an example of how extreme we can go.

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lightknight7777 t1_jdrquuy wrote

Because absolutely all of our tech requires wearable or implanted devices. Location is world's apart from articulate thought reading.

The strength of waves able to detect thoughts from a distance would be insanely powerful and potentially deadly, but there's simply no tech being reported on that doesn't have devices on the head.

Anyone is free to educate me if I'm missing something out there on this.

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Geeky-resonance t1_jdsvpjh wrote

Tech doesn’t necessarily have to read brain waves in order to violate the privacy of our minds.

Haven’t we already read about facial recognition cameras with processing algorithms fast enough to “read” micro-expressions? A quick search brought up technical discussions as well as commercial products going back several years.

If equipment and image processing software can be refined to that level, our private emotions will no longer be private while we are in range of cameras.

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lightknight7777 t1_jdswrfk wrote

Ah, we're talking about broadcasting information and not obtaining it? Anyone would be justified to physically defend themselves from such a thing.

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