Ross Anderson on
"Bugs in our pockets?"

"But ‘if you build it, they will come’. If device vendors are compelled to install remote #surveillance, the demands will start to roll in. Who could possibly be so cold-hearted as to argue against the system being extended to search for missing children? Then President Xi will want to know who has photos of the Dalai Lama, or … copyright lawyers … rights. Our phones, … will be private no more; and we will all be less secure."

https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2021/10/15/bugs-in-our-pockets