I find this issue to be particularly interesting. It's actually sort of similar to hacking laws, when framed in this way. It's legal to send an HTTP GET request to any web server you want. However, if you do some research and find that a specifically formed GET request crashes a particular web server, sending that GET request becomes illegal.
What you seem to be articulating is that there are known exploits in the software that runs our minds, and that the exploitation of those vulnerabilities ought to be made illegal in the same way that sending that maliciously crafted GET request is illegal.
It's an interesting argument to be sure, but it has obvious slippery slope implications.
That's a pretty good analogy. Unfortunately, it seems that we're going to be dealing with the implications of this for some time. I don't even know if it's solvable.
Interestingly, 2) is probably strictly speaking illegal (harassment) already, but practically speaking pretty much all the perps get away with it.
What you seem to be articulating is that there are known exploits in the software that runs our minds, and that the exploitation of those vulnerabilities ought to be made illegal in the same way that sending that maliciously crafted GET request is illegal.
It's an interesting argument to be sure, but it has obvious slippery slope implications.