I'm too lazy to to read the article but your comment makes me intrigued. What are you referring to? The parts I skimmed didn't make me feel anything like that so I obviously missed something important.
Not where it is now, and its a long way off but this will eventually lead to methods of interrogation where you simply plug someone into a machine and search their memories - not that it's necessarily a bad thing; imagine being released because your memories proved your alibi when all other proof was against you.
There was a black mirror episode about exactly this.
S04E03
Was I the only one wondering why all these English people are living in Iceland?
No. It made no sense and I thought it was kinda off-putting to the actual narrative.
Well, they'll still need to sort out real memories from imagined or implanted.
On the other hand, someone can block certain your memories .. not much of a fun.