You can see the tx used the minting transaction ID as its sole input:
This is all the information that is required to track Ordinal NFT ownership. So long as inputs are not mixed or spent in other types of transactions, the history of ownership is quite clear and it is all based on UTXOs.
By themselves they are harmless, BUT to be taken advantage by a bad actor, it could open another attack vector that could used for nefarious purposes. Perhaps to constantly make the network congested through dick pic transactions? There's probably high demand for censorhip-resistant dick pics.
It has always been a matter of whoever is willing to pay the fee is entitled to the blockspace.