I don't think one needs to point to specific governments or their actions, and it would indeed be wrong to. The very fact that Pegasus and similar malwares are openly allowed operate as businesses, that smartphone cyber-security is essentially a lost cause, that companies like Huawei were able to ship devices with such deeply embedded flaws, and that harms are visited upon even serving political leaders shows that there's an epic power struggle which is out of control at every level.

Without blaming this or that regime, fascist, communist or whatever, we need to recognise a new dimension in power, call it "techno-fascism" or whatever you like... that means it would be foolish to invest much trust in digital systems at this point in history. And that itself is a huge economic loss and bonfire of opportunity for us all.