The hardware is already out there though.

Also it would be a terrible idea to have an entire new emerging technology only in the hands of the wealthy. That's just asking for trouble.

It would be like saying regular hardware shouldn't be allowed to run photoshop or a spreadsheet or word processor because somebody might do something bad with it.

People are going to have to learn than images and audio and video can be faked, just like they have to learn that an email from a Nigerian price is also a fake.

There's no wishing this stuff away, the cat is already out of the bag.