That was a different circumstance. There's a petition currently in Israel to revoke their export license, basically shutting them down. It's unlikely to succee

That was a different circumstance. There's a petition currently in Israel to revoke their export license, basically shutting them down. It's unlikely to succeed though. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/amnesty-petitions-court-to-revoke-israeli-spyware-firms-export-license/&ved=2ahUKEwiO2MXV-J3iAhUNURUIHXhxAFkQxfQBMAB6BAgBEAQ&usg=AOvVaw3nf1wtAc9xdpGNuhMjaXF5 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/... That said, there's an interesting dynamic emerging. The norm till now (in the US and Israel) has been to allow allow arms and military-tech sales to not-banned countries, regardless of human rights records. SigInt tech has been treated the same. But... WhatsApp hacks, journalist assassinations and such seem to be drawing more pressure than bullets and bombs. It may result in intelligence technology becoming more restricted in general.