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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

Behold the future: attackers can already get between brain-waves and hospital kit [theregister.co.uk], and it's just going to get worse according to IOActive senior consultant Alejandro Hernández.

Hernández says the ability to steal, manipulate, and replay brain waves used in electroencephalography (EEG) is already emerging, with consumer-grade kit already able to be hacked and the health care industry taking few precautions to properly protect recorded brain waves.

After decades in labs and hospitals, encephalography is steadily being implemented in lightweight consumer headsets and other devices that as yet remain largely experimental or gimmicky.

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