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THE INTERNET OF BODIES

 

INTRODUCTION: YOUR BODY IS A TECHNOLOGY BATTLEGROUND

 

 

CHAPTER 1. THE INTERNET OF (HUMAN) THINGS: WHAT IS THE “INTERNET OF BODIES”?

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A: We Are the Next Platform: Three Generations of IoB

1. First-Generation IoB: Body External

2. Second-Generation IoB: Body Internal

3. Third-Generation IoB: Body Melded

B. Familiar Battles and Battlegrounds: Real versus Pseudo Science

1. What Do We Know? What Are We Just Guessing At?

2. The Cybergoose and the Golden Egg: Technology Fraudsters and Opportunists

3. Who is Defending Our Bodies (and Our Futures)?

C. Legacy Problems: When Flawed Technologies Lead to Flawed Judgments

1. Confidentiality: Slippage and The Nixon Self-Pwn Issue

2. Integrity: Substantiation and The Lord Hale Witchcraft Issue

3. Availability: Suitability and The X-Ray Truck Issue

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CHAPTER 2. MOVING FAST AND BREAKING PEOPLE: THE RISE OF THE BODY HACKERS

A. The Attackers: Advanced Persistent Security Problems

1. Confidentiality: Stealing Identities and Ideas

2. Integrity: Corrupted Systems (that Try to Kill You)

3. Availability: Ransomware, Botnets, and Infrastructure Failures

B. The Insider Threats: The IoB Safety Whipsaw

1. The Better with Bacon Problem: When “Smart” Isn’t Actually Smart

2. The Magic Gadget Problem: Failing to Plan for Failure

3. The Builder Bias Problem: Shipping Without Securing

4. The Mandatory Soup Problem: Killing the Market Choice to Be Disconnected

5. The Bodies-are-Not-Mangos Problem: Tokenized Identity and Body Key Performance Indicators

C. Whose Fault is a Bricked Body?: Safety and Irreparable Harms When IoB Fails

1. The Legacy Mess of Medical Devices Liability

2. The Legacy Mess(es) of Internet Law

3. The Future Mess of the 21st Century Cures Act and IoB

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CHAPTER 3. OWNED BODIES OR PWND BODIES?

A. Gaslighting Ourselves with IoB: Public Mental Health and Self-Disinformation

1. Who Owns the Device in Your Body? Our Bodies and their “Data Chemtrails”

2. Who Gets the Freedom to Think for Themselves? Autonomy and Your “Inside Voice”

3. Who Gets the Freedom to Change? Writing Your Own Story

B. Defending Freedom: Who Gets to Judge Our (and Our Children’s) Bodies?

1. Employment: IoB and the “Efficient” Worker

2. Education: Choosing Which Children Have “Potential”

3. Health: Flawed Devices and Patient “Wellness”

4. Criminal Justice: The Star Witness for the Prosecution Is…Your Body

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CHAPTER 4. BRAINS IN THE SKY(NET): HAVE YOU TRIED TURNING YOUR BODY OFF AND ON AGAIN?

A. Humanity—Bug or Feature? A Sliding Scale of Technohumanity

1. Latour's Things

2. Who Pulls Your Plug?

B. Defending Imagination: The IoB Threat to Future Innovation

1. Productive versus Reproductive Imagination

2. Legal Permission to Think Differently

3. What Does It Mean to be a “Real” Human?

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CHAPTER 5. HOW TO PREVENT A DYSTOPIAN TECHNOLOGY HELLSCAPE

A.Rethink What is “Free” – Trust but Verify by Demanding Technical Specifics

1.How has this IoB product been tested? What kinds of threat modeling has the company performed?

2.What is the company’s revenue model? Will my body feeds be reused? What assurances do I have that this promise will be honored?3.How will flaws in the product be handled? Is there an internal team of experts managing the process?

4.When and how will this product be discontinued? What are the company’s plans for future product lines and upgrades?5.How do I remove this device safety from my body? What permanent risks do I face?

B. Build A Future that Solves Existing Human Problems (and Avoids Creating New Ones): Use Threat Meta-Modeling (TROL)

C. Keep Companies Honest: Why We Need a New Federal Tech Regulator of Last Resort (TRoLR)

D. Build Legal Floors of Technology Safety: Leave Space for Both Fundamental Rights and Local Variation for Additional Safety Protection Where Needed

E. Avoid the Black Mirror: Focus on Identity, Imagination, and Investment

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CONCLUSION