As mind-reading technology improves, Colorado passes first-in-nation law to protect privacy of our thoughts
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Lots of misconceptions here. Brain waves are just the communication between neurons. This is basically internal wiring, everyone is wired differently. Also nothing gets out of your brain on its own, except heat.
A tool like this can only measure regular patterns between humans and compare them. You will only get are interpretations of your brain status. It can't read your memories nor know if you're thinking about eating a burger. At most it will get a "you're hungry" alert. You can train it to be better at figuring you out (or to do other stuff, like controlling a robot), but you won't get more without a very invasive direct link to your brain (and more training). Which is more like torture at this point.
This new law is just promoting fear for something they don't even know if it's possible or not. Very sci fi law.