[lutorm]

I would like to know where you get your evidence that we are falling down some slippery slope where restrictions on home experiments in the physical sciences are getting stronger

Stories like this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=411813

About programming I agree that it's more tenuous, but sites like https://freedom-to-tinker.com/ clearly are talking about something.

I don't see why anyone would regulate programming.

People who say things like this:

"The FBI said that cyber crime is the agency's No. 3 priority but it will likely rise to No. 1 in a few years. FBI Supervisory Special Agent Robert White said that criminals always find new ways to exploit victims and businesses, which keeps the U.S. at risk. "Given our connection to the Internet, and our infrastructure and everything being computerized, it also lends itself to possible cyber terrorism..."