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[โ€“] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thoughtcrime issues? You have thoughts about harming someone, you get punished for it even if you don't take action?

I suppose the upshot is it could be used to detect and diagnose mental illnesses?

Furthermore, going into the future, it could ostensibly be used to control parts of the body that are damaged or otherwise not working, or emulate their function. For example, someone with damaged vocal cords could use it to speak through connected speakers. Someone who is paralysed could use it to walk with a mechanical exoskeleton.

The problem with something like that is, it would have to be privacy focused. Samsung, one of the most popular smartphone makers, updated their Health app a year or two ago to where you had to agree to allow them to sell or give away your medical information if you want to continue to use Samsung Health. And that's a Korean company. Apple Health is still private, but Apple is an American company, so the question is begged, "but for how long?".

So, the question is, are the powers that be/fascists in charge going to use it to weed out LGBTQ+ and put them in concentration camps, or what?

Minority Report becomes a documentary?