The protection of mental privacy by criminal sciences in the face of the risks of mind reading technologies
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Mind reading, Mental privacy, Neurotechnologies, Regulation, Criminal lawAbstract
The main objective of the article is to critically analyze mental privacy as a legal good, promoting a reflection on the current scope of privacy protection in Brazilian criminal law. The problem is based on the following question: is mental privacy protected by Brazilian criminal law? It can be said that it is, but in an unsatisfactory way within the criminal sciences, especially in the face of the growing advance of new technologies with mind reading capabilities. Thus, using a hypothetical-deductive methodological approach, the risks to this fundamental right will be presented, as well as relevant concepts, to conclude that, even though it is already protected, there is a pressing need for its regulation, which is one of the main proposals for mitigating the risks identified
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