[mschuster91]

> Tech like this saved lives that day. I don't think it justifies the freedom cost, but let's not forget real lives are saved by tools like Pegasus.

Additionally, even if the tools are developed and used only by governments that are deemed democratic today (e.g. USA, Israel, Germany) and under strict independent and parliamentary oversight, who can guarantee that future governments of these country will be democratic (obvious recent cases Brazil, Poland, Hungary, but one might also ask that question about the US)?