(2016) Nita Farahany giving a talk at the World Economic Forum.

"The NSA and other organizations can spy not just on your email and your cellphones, but soon potentially on your brains as well."

If she is talking about this technology then THEY probably already have it as THEY are much farther ahead than we know.
Richard Dolan coined the term "BREAK-AWAY CIVILIZATION" to do with how they HOARD the Technology/Knowledge themselves & sell it to the public once it becomes OBSOLETE Technology with newer developments.