Brain implants that decode a person’s inner voice may threaten privacy

A new brain-computer interface can decode a person’s inner monologue. That could help paralyzed people communicate, but also suggests scientists are one step closer to reading a person’s thoughts.

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A person can bite their tongue to avoid blurting out a secret, but a surgically implanted brain computer interface can reveal words that were never meant to be spoken. NPR’s Jon Hamilton reports on a new study that looks at the privacy concerns raised by technology that decodes signals in the brain.

JON HAMILTON, BYLINE: Brain computer interfaces, or BCIs, are experimental devices that can

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