The effort and timelines are different. Deleing a few pictures or wiping a phone is a lot easier and faster than trying to hide many Kg of material taking up ma

The effort and timelines are different. Deleing a few pictures or wiping a phone is a lot easier and faster than trying to hide many Kg of material taking up many m^3 of space. Sharing something physical is also harder, you have to copy/reproduce it, and then distribute it, which also means at many points in time multiple copies are close/near to the owner. Getting caught via 1000 leads pointing to the owner is a lot more likely than 1 lead (in the shape of a phone).