Hacking the Brain

I guess my posting of about the iThink article in MacLife was timely...

People are beginning to consider one of the implications of the emerging field of neural engineering - the possibility of hacking into an interconnected brain-computer interface. The question of neurosecurity is addressed in this article I saw linked on Neatorama:

The Next Hacking Frontier:
Your Brain?

Wired.com's article end w/ a reference to the excellent neuroscience blog MindHacks.com that I check out regularly.

Of course, it is already possible to hack into the mind without a direct interface...

For example: hypnosis, mind control, and this snazzy device-

"Brain Machine:
tune in, turn on, drop out"