The
extracted information could be used to manipulate or coerce
users, or otherwise harm them. The impact of “brain malware”
could be severe, in terms of privacy and other important
values. A question arises: is it in the public interest to allow
anyone to have an unrestricted access to the private information
extractable from neural signals? And if not, how should we
grant such access, and how can this be managed, regulated or
otherwise controlled?