We used to think of government spyware targeting only a select few, like terrorists and organized criminals.

But over years, government spyware has been used to hack the phones of journalists, activists, lawyers, politicians, and seemingly regular people — and the pool of victims targeted by governments is quite wide, and larger than people might think.

Here's an explainer by @lorenzofb as to why.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/why-a-lot-of-people-are-getting-hacked-with-government-spyware/