<story><title>Facebook to acquire CTRL-Labs, a startup for controlling computers with the mind</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-23/facebook-to-buy-startup-for-controlling-computers-with-your-mind</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>asdkhadsj</author><text>Interesting that this is a tech I&amp;#x27;ve wanted for ages, yet with these days of privacy issues where mere mouse behavior can lead to identifying signatures... I&amp;#x27;m not letting anyone near my brain patterns.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll wear a tinfoil hat on this one.. but not knowing what possible behavioral&amp;#x2F;emotional&amp;#x2F;matchable patterns might exist in my waves is a bit terrifying. Thanks no thanks Facebook. If there even was a company I&amp;#x27;d trust with my brain signature, it&amp;#x27;s sure as hell not you.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;edit: I should note, it sounds like this is not specifically brain waves.. but still. My opinion in this arena doesn&amp;#x27;t change hah.&lt;/i&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>est31</author><text>Also note that this might not be a one way street. They might use brain machine interfaces to stimulate your brain according to the ads you are watching. E.g. you watch ads for beer and you get the feeling of beer taste on your mouth or you watch ads for bread and you get the smell of freshly baked bread, etc. Or when you are in a store, the implant will give you a serotonin kick when you foveate on a specific product (whose manufacturer paid for that kick). etc.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s creepy af. But 20 years ago when you told someone about the privacy intrusions of smartphones, people would&amp;#x27;ve been creeped out as well so I&amp;#x27;m pessimist and saying it will come.</text></comment>
<story><title>Facebook to acquire CTRL-Labs, a startup for controlling computers with the mind</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-23/facebook-to-buy-startup-for-controlling-computers-with-your-mind</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>asdkhadsj</author><text>Interesting that this is a tech I&amp;#x27;ve wanted for ages, yet with these days of privacy issues where mere mouse behavior can lead to identifying signatures... I&amp;#x27;m not letting anyone near my brain patterns.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll wear a tinfoil hat on this one.. but not knowing what possible behavioral&amp;#x2F;emotional&amp;#x2F;matchable patterns might exist in my waves is a bit terrifying. Thanks no thanks Facebook. If there even was a company I&amp;#x27;d trust with my brain signature, it&amp;#x27;s sure as hell not you.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;edit: I should note, it sounds like this is not specifically brain waves.. but still. My opinion in this arena doesn&amp;#x27;t change hah.&lt;/i&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nathanyz</author><text>When will we all learn that ad-supported versus paid products are just a variation of the Stanford marshmallow experiment.&lt;p&gt;Free, ad-supported products are all about short term gratification because it costs us nothing today. Instead if we consider the long term when making these choices, then an investment in a paid no tracking product would be a better decision.&lt;p&gt;The problem is that the experiment itself showed the majority chose the short term gratification.</text></comment>