Indeed. Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give him the means to fish and he might whack you with the rod and steal your boat!
The sort of controls we have on bits of metal will need to be applied to data. It happens now with nuclear technology, things that might be used to make gas and bombs and so forth, but it will need to get as automated as the printer process. Pre-approved files with a code built in showing its a luggage rack for XT 600 not a machine gun seems possible. The approval process will of course be a rip off!
Andy
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