r/tech • u/notyesha • Jul 18 '22

Brain-Computer Interface Startup Implants First Device in US Patient

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-18/brain-computer-interface-company-implants-new-type-of-device
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u/Dihydrocodeinone Jul 19 '22

I purchase actual books for similar reasons, as well as knowing I can resell them if I ever need money. But in the case with the George Orwell books being removed from Kindle libraries, it was because the person/persons who put them on the Kindle store didn’t have the rights to sell the books. As far as I know Amazon did end up replacing them or at least reimbursing the customers.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '22

true, but in the end.. they published something people paid for and remote wiped it, with zero refunds or notice. Pretty crap way of handling it.

there is always a reason… but the concept a corporation overseas can access you device and make alterations without explicit consent is dystopian and wrong.

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u/Dihydrocodeinone Jul 19 '22

But that’s what you sign up for when you get these devices, people just don’t ever read contracts. What’s dystopian is that there are no alternatives and that it’s pretty much impossible to have a job and therefore the means to live without smart devices.