https://www.reelstreets.com/films/red-balloon-the/
the opening scene is at
The junction of Rue Piat and Rue des Envierges in Belleville, Paris. Looks very different now
Reelstreets | Red Balloon, The
June 11, 2022The brain-reading devices helping paralysed people to move, talk and touch
June 11, 2022QT:{{”
Finally, there is widespread acknowledgement that ethical oversight must keep pace with this rapidly evolving technology. BCIs present multiple concerns, from privacy to personal autonomy. Ethicists stress that users must retain full control of the devices’ outputs. And although current technologies cannot decode people’s private thoughts, developers will have records of users’ every communication, and crucial data about their brain health. Moreover, BCIs present a new type of cybersecurity risk.
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Great article. Amazing technology. But I am worried about the long-term #privacy implications of real mind-reading devices.
News!!
June 11, 2022Covid at Home: Why Only Some People Test Positive – The New York Times
June 11, 2022Interesting article, but is this realistic: “people who have had two or three vaccine doses should test once they start developing symptoms but continue to test on day four or five of symptoms, as tests that come back negative before then may be falsely reassuring.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/well/live/covid-testing-household-transmission.html
Virus Testing Mandate for International Travelers to the U.S. to End – The New York Times
June 10, 2022The Era of Borderless Data Is Ending – The New York Times
June 9, 2022https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/technology/data-privacy-laws.html
Liked the article & esp. the quote: “The core idea of digital sovereignty is that the digital exhaust created by a person…should be stored inside the country where it originated, or at least handled in accordance with privacy & other standards set by a government.”
However, shouldn’t a person (“a digital sovereign”?) have the right to store their data where they see fit – e.g. in another country from where they are?
