[andy99]

Agreed, I think it’s more a lens (one of many) that helps show what’s possible with technology and what may require legal protections.

For example things like privacy and surveillance laws obviously need updating in the face of advances in networking, data collection at scale, etc. Same with copyright in the face of plentiful copying.

But good laws will as you say address what is now possible or dangerous, as opposed to any specific implementation or general purpose technology involved. The tech just sets the context for what protections are needed.