and originally it required the target to click on a link to facilitate the hacking of the phone. but nowadays the spyware system uses what is called a zero click technique meaning that the government can hack the phone without the target having to take any action. your phone can be sitting on the table, one minute it is fine and the next minute it is compromised. i think it s the responsibility of the company nso group and the responsibility of israel s government, the ministry of defence, which is regulating the export of these tools, it is their responsibility to sit nso group down and say, look, if you sell this to saudi arabia, the uae, bahrain, or these other repressive governments, what do you think they are going to do with them? maybe they will go after some criminals and terrorists, but the main concern, the main concern of these governments like saudi arabia, is trying to figure out what their critics are up to.