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Our neurodata can reveal our most private selves. As brain implants become common, how will it be protected?

By Christina Maher, Researcher, University of Sydney

“Hello world!”

On December 2021, these were the first words tweeted by a paralysed man using only his thoughts and a brain-computer interface (BCI) implanted by the company Synchron.

For millions living with paralysis, epilepsy and neuromuscular conditions, BCIs offer restored movement and, more recently, thought-to-text capabilities.

So far,…

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