[anewdirection]

Its not exclusive. Bad actors are working on whatever they are paid to build, by other bad actors with less technical acumen and more money.

Edit: I should add, that most of the actual progress is being made by smart people who think its an interesting problem and are unaware or uncaring of the clear outcome of such tech.

[monocasa]

In this case I meant bad actors as in who is funding the research with the idea of increasing surveillance for the purpose of squashing dissent.