Editing Neurotechnology (section)

===Privacy===
Finally, when these technologies are being developed society must understand that these neurotechnologies could reveal the one thing that people can always keep secret: what they are thinking. While there are large amounts of benefits associated with these technologies, it is necessary for scientists, citizens and policy makers alike to consider implications for privacy.<ref name="Wolpe2005">{{cite journal | vauthors = Wolpe PR, Foster KR, Langleben DD | title = Emerging neurotechnologies for lie-detection: promises and perils | journal = The American Journal of Bioethics | volume = 5 | issue = 2 | pages = 39–49 | year = 2005 | pmid = 16036700 | doi = 10.1080/15265160590923367 | url = https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=neuroethics_pubs | s2cid = 219640810 }}</ref> This term is important in many ethical circles concerned with the state and goals of progress in the field of neurotechnology (see [[neuroethics]]). Current improvements such as "brain fingerprinting" or lie detection using EEG or fMRI could give rise to a set fixture of loci/emotional relationships in the brain, although these technologies are still years away from full application.<ref name="Wolpe2005"/> It is important to consider how all these neurotechnologies might affect the future of society, and it is suggested that political, scientific, and civil debates are heard about the implementation of these newer technologies that potentially offer a new wealth of once-private information.<ref name="Wolpe2005"/> Some ethicists are also concerned with the use of TMS and fear that the technique could be used to alter patients in ways that are undesired by the patient.<ref name="Illes2006" />