The battle for your brain data is underway, and CA may step in
California legislators want to get a jump on regulating brain implants and sensors, as fears that neurotechnology could be exploited by empl
California legislators want to get a jump on regulating brain implants and sensors, as fears that neurotechnology could be exploited by employers to read workers’ minds without direct consent grow among critics, writes CalMatters’ Khari Johnson. Neurotech systems such as brain implants and sensors gather information using computer chips embedded in the brain or sensors […]
Original reporting: CalMatters.
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