When you say 'authorities' that includes countries that persecute civil right activists.
Amnesty International has specifically criticized NSO specifically regarding UAE activist Ahmed Mansoor. He is currently serving 10 years in jail. UN human rights experts considered his arrest and imprisonment "a direct attack on the legitimate work of human rights defenders". He was monitored by the UAE using NSO technologies.
Amnesty International have also complained that they have been targeted with NSO Group technology - specifically Pegasus. They're currently launching a legal case in Israel to restrict their export license.
A separate case claims that NSO Group used Pegasus to help the Saudis spy on Khashoggi, who was brutally murdered in the Saudi embassy.
I don't think we need to argue about the bad guys in this case.
The upside is a certainty - giving a heads up to people we know are getting hacked, and whose repercussions for getting hacked could mean imprisonment or death. The downside is allowing other hackers to maybe produce an exploit in time (before this bug gets patched), and maybe hack some more people.
Amnesty International has specifically criticized NSO specifically regarding UAE activist Ahmed Mansoor. He is currently serving 10 years in jail. UN human rights experts considered his arrest and imprisonment "a direct attack on the legitimate work of human rights defenders". He was monitored by the UAE using NSO technologies.
Amnesty International have also complained that they have been targeted with NSO Group technology - specifically Pegasus. They're currently launching a legal case in Israel to restrict their export license.
A separate case claims that NSO Group used Pegasus to help the Saudis spy on Khashoggi, who was brutally murdered in the Saudi embassy.
I don't think we need to argue about the bad guys in this case.
Sources: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/09/nso-spyware-h...
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/05/israel-amnest...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/02/world/middleeast/saudi-kh...