The fact that authoritarian governments exploit this technology is not a surprise. Truly journalists are the bravest profession on this planet. But we need to look at the relationship between the private companies and their governments that enabled them to develop this technology. The ties between NSO and Candira and the Israeli government needs to be part of the story. The Israeli government doesn’t get to wash its hands of its role in developing and exploiting this technology. Journalists in Canada, US and other European countries were also targeted, and despite our constitutional and legal guarantees of a free press, I don’t think our governments are too interested in protecting journalists here either.