On 2/9/22 18:11, Rupert Boleyn - rupert.boleyn at gmail.com (via tml
list) wrote:
>
> On 31Aug2022 0752, David Shaw - tihnessa at gmail.com (via tml list)
> wrote:
>> And that, I feel, would be the main problem with any kind of direct
>> brain
>> interface tech - who's going to trust what it might have been
>> programmed to
>> do? I mean, we have enough trouble right now with people worrying about
>> government brain control, imagine the paranoia over an actual brain
>> implant. And don't even begin to think about hackers... sorry, crackers,
>> breaking into your brain and stealing all your personal info - or
>> wiping or
>> encrypting it.
> These day I'd be more worried about the companies providing the stuff
> than the government. "Go with our premium plan and for just $30/month
> you can have ad-free dreams!"
>
Especially given the current state of commercial software/computer security.

What would _ever_ having one of those do to your ability to attain
and/or maintain a government security clearance?  (Suspect the answer
might be along lines of 'NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE')

Data xfil and ransomware are concerns - how about CRAZY FROG (or
something else similarly rage-inducing) on endless loop, live and direct
to your brain?

Frinstance:
"The PEACEFUL HANDS and HAIR METAL threat groups are being blamed for a
rash of suicides among, and homicides committed by, implantees of the
Encore Une Fois headware suite. La Trec BV, the company who developed
the suite, ..."

Control is not needed - just driving the poor sod(s) insane.