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In 2021, writer and game designer Alex Blechman inadvertently created a meme:
_Sci-Fi Author: "In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale."
Tech Company: "At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus!"_
So... There's Apple working away on building yet another version of the Torment Nexus.
No thanks, spyware!
Remember the hype around brain wave synchronization through stereo headphones in the early 00s?
If these earplugs can actually get any kind of reading, it might actually work a lot better than it did back then. Knowing the current frequency of the brain waves would be really helpful in order to make the sounds resonate and synchronize the brain waves to the desired state of mind.
Potentially it can make a person feel any state of awareness between drowsy and stressed.
I would like to have that kind of control, but I also wouldn't want anyone else to have that kind of control over anyone else's brain frequency. Especially not in a paid product..
It's really interesting but also very very grim.
@Zerush@lemmy.ml
Name one legitimate reason Apple needs to scan their customers brains, other trying to sell this info or use it to control their users!?
We are the Oil of these companies, they alway want inventions to track and profile their user or even manipulate the opinions that we buy their products since time.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US6506148B2/en
https://patents.google.com/patent/US11539657B2/en
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200265070A1/en
and over 15.000 entries more since 1999, searching subconcience in Google patents.
Have a good night.
Courage.
and careful cleaning procedures that may not align with Apple's consumer product approach
In other words, Apple users need to start cleaning the shit out of their ears