> (given the mental privacy we are used to) I sometimes evaluate the impact of the lack of privacy in personal thought in light of the possibility of demons/al

> (given the mental privacy we are used to) I sometimes evaluate the impact of the lack of privacy in personal thought in light of the possibility of demons/aliens/whatever a more-advanced species should be labeled, which are typically classified as non-omniscient (versus most definitions of God). The requirement of locality (non-omniprescence) seems to be the limiting factor, but this limitation is only effective in coordination with limits on long-range/high-speed capabilities, which could be augmented via unknown technologies. I think it is reasonable to assume that if such beings exist, human thought would not be kept private from them. Nearly all technology interactions are recorded by various 3rd party companies; it seems the various collection and aggregation techniques employed by those companies and government agencies (across companies) already offer a few humans in a privileged position a sufficiently capable approximation to reading minds.