There’s every reason to be skeptical of the US government’s use of spyware, but at least it is, notionally, a democracy responsive to its citizens. A for profit

There’s every reason to be skeptical of the US government’s use of spyware, but at least it is, notionally, a democracy responsive to its citizens. A for profit company selling to the highest bidder is surely even worse, no? Like, yeah, I want nuclear weapons to be abolished. But if NSO were selling briefcase nukes to everyone interested, I wouldn’t say, “but what about the SAC?”