Maybe the fundamental issue here is we are concerning ourselves with bits and not atoms. It's one thing to know how to make a truck bomb, for example, but it's another to start gathering large quantities of fertilizer at your local farming supply outlet. News flash: the FBI is already watching for that and the identity checks are in place. And it's one thing to learn you need a land SCUBA suit and HAZMAT gear, it's another to actually go buy those things (or parts to assemble them). It may just be that bits—in the age of ASI—are becoming simply to slippery to control/contain. You might know or learn how to build an atomic bomb, but go try to buy some enriched uranium or rods for centrifuges and watch how fast you become interesting to TPTB. Information wants to be free, but atoms remain expensive and hard to move around anonymously.
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