Integrating technology with human anatomy definitely brings ethical considerations, especially when the internet is involved. Because every computer that connects to the internet isn’t 100% secure (so far), it would be ideal to keep personal information and data disconnected. From Elon Musk’s Neuralink to digitized DNA code stored on servers across the internet, one must ponder the thought of cybersecurity when it comes to anatomical personally identifiable information. I used these two examples because they touch on how engineers and scientists are hacking human hardware (the body) and software (everything else) “for the good” of the human race.

The positive values of hacking humans could be actively and proactively curing, preventing or modifying different diseases, researching reproductivity and what affects it, and ascending the human mind. I must admit, all of the hard work and research that goes into the process of modifying humans is extremely impressive but there will always be some type of bad force that equals or outweighs the good. Like I mentioned earlier, computers and the internet are not yet 100% secure and one can only imagine the type of damage bad actors can do once cybercriminals get their hands on permanent human data.

Like some sort of science fiction written in the 1920s, hackers can use data collected from humans for monetary gain which in turn can change the world as we know it. Who knows, maybe one day you could possibly be labeled as a “genetic informant” or your DNA could potentially infect computers. It’s important to discuss privacy, consent, accountability, and transparency when discussing BioCybersecurity because important personally identifiable information stored in critical infrastructure ends up in the wrong hands all the time.