France recently had its own Pegasus scandal, a french firm sold a software called "Predator" to dubious countries (see https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/act10/7245/2023/en/)

There’s a recent Darknet Diaries episode about Predator for anyone interested:

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/darknet-diaries/id1296...

There is always a $5 wrench solution to pretty much any problem. You either have to be willing to use it, or just creative enough to find it.

Yeah definitely, those expensive and rare exploits won't be used for the drug dealer around the street, that's for sure.