Arpanet, Internet, Internet of Services, Internet of Things, Internet of
Skills. What next? We conjecture that in 15-20 years from now we will have the
Internet of Neurons, a new Internet paradigm in which humans will be able to
connect bi-directionally to the net using only their brain. The Internet of
Neurons will provide new, tremendous opportunities thanks to constant access to
unlimited information. It will empower all those outside of the technical
industry, actually it will empower all human beings, to access and use
technological products and services as everybody will be able to connect, even
without possessing a laptop, a tablet or a smartphone. The Internet of Neurons
will thus ultimately complete the currently still immature democratization of
knowledge and technology. But it will also bring along several enormous
challenges, especially concerning security (as well as privacy and trust).
In this paper we speculate on the worldwide deployment of the Internet of
Neurons by 2038 and brainstorm about its disruptive impact, discussing the main
technological (and neurological) breakthroughs required to enable it, the new
opportunities it provides and the security challenges it raises. We also
elaborate on the novel system models, threat models and security properties
that are required to reason about privacy, security and trust in the Internet
of Neurons.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figure