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Nita Farahany: Asking those questions is the Duke University professor of law Nita A. Farahany, 37, a rising voice in her field. “We have this idea of privacy that includes the space around our thoughts, which we only share with people we want to,” Farahany said in a telephone interview before the meeting. “Neuroscience shows that what we thought of as this zone of privacy can be breached.” In one recent law-review article, she warned against a “coming siege against cognitive liberties.” Read More