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I don't have a good answer. If I did, I'd be trumpeting all over the place. I guess we're stuck with #2.
I look back at the late 60's/early 70's and phreaking. (That was where - if you could produce the right tone, you could override the phone company's analog logics and steal long distance service. (Don't look at me, I was reading Dick and Jane at that time.)) Such an evil thing it was, that is was made a federal felony offence. 40 years later, I can talk to anybody in the world, voice to voice, as long as I want, for free (via Skype on an internet connection.) Should that be a felony? Technology steps on everyone. (Me too! That very same technology has moved my work overseas, and cut my pay effectively by 2/3.) It's painful to be stepped on. At the same time, technology has made us (in aggregate) richer, more comfortable, and longer lived. I can't see giving that up (even when I'm the one getting stepped on.)
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