LM Studio or Unsloth are both great

Articulates my thoughts and conundrums better than I could have.

> but these measures are not effective in deterring malicious actors

Wanting to use open weight models in light of commercially imposed export controls doesn't make for "malicious actors"

As a citizen the safest way is to just refuse. They can’t refuse entry. Not the same for LPRs.

Also not a good idea if you are a citizen with non-citizen family. I assume at this point that anything on my record will come back to haunt them.