Privacy-conscious reporter tests neurotechnology

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Letting neurotechnology read my mind | Context

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CNN 's Avi Asher-Schapiro tests brain-computer interfaces that can decode brain waves.

Device is available commercially and can be purchased by anyone on the internet.

Neuroscientist: "This is like the dial-up modem version of the internet - it's early, but it's here" Technology could lead to dystopian scenarios, scientist says.

Colorado law adds neurological data to existing privacy law requiring companies to obtain consent to collect and transfer the data and providing consumers the right to request its deletion.

Colorado is the first state to explicitly extend these protections, and experts are not sure exactly how it's going to pan out.

A similar bill is moving through the legislature in California , a key laboratory for national tech policy.

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