When you can get a $130 Motorola that has better security... Yes.
Since the 2018 iphone crack by the FBI, I am shocked anyone uses their iphone for secrets.
I can guarantee you the fbi can also hack a $130 motorolla.
Apple:
"If you have received an Apple threat notification We strongly suggest you enlist expert help, such as the rapid-response emergency security assistance provided by the Digital Security Helpline at the nonprofit Access Now. Apple threat notification recipients can contact the Digital Security Helpline 24 hours a day, seven days a week through their website. Outside organizations do not have any information about what caused Apple to send a threat notification, but they can assist targeted users with tailored security advice."
https://support.apple.com/en-lamr/102174
Amnesty International:
"The Access Now Helpline and other Security Lab civil society partners are also equipped to support individuals who have received these Apple notifications."
https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/04/apple-threat-...
So, maybe even provoking an Apple warning to those targets could also be part of a sophisticated operation.
These targets react or have to react in a certain way. Instigate to lure people out of hiding and entice them to react, even if only to observe their behavior.
What do these targeted people do then? Switching phones? Accessing certain digital services, warning their network via conventional lines?
From an observer's perspective, this is pretty thrilling.