Brenda McPhail is at the intersection of technology, civil liberties & human rights. Her PhD is in the social impacts of tech, with a focus on surveillance & privacy in areas like workplace surveillance, health information privacy, & AI regulation. She’s currently the Acting Exec Dir of the Master in Public Policy in Digital Society program at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. In this episode, we explore the medical advancements brain computer interfacing may bring us, how could change our idea of consciousness, how Florida & China have used brain fingerprinting to solve crimes & mitigate workplace violence, how Chile has amended their constitution to support thought liberty, consent vs convenience & what you can do to protect your privacy.

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