[When phone spy-tech are used for crackdowns & punitive diplomacy, more to go] 1. After months of advocacy efforts by #Israeli rights lawyers & #HKers, it's welcome news that #Cellebrite decided to halt selling phone-hacking services to #Hongkong & #China haaretz.com/israel-news/te…
[#HKers calling on #Cellebrite to halt selling phone hacking technologies to #Belarus] #standwithbelarus 1/ Phone hacking tech is one of the weapons abused by authoritarian regimes to stamp out dissidents, in particular, crackdowns on leaderless movements in both Belarus and HK.
3. Worse still, he may face graver charges if #police crack his clients' phones w/ phone hacking tools like #Cellebrite & find any suspicious conversations. He hopes his bail can be granted & #12hkyouths can come back safe. After all, #Hongkongers hope he can be released soon.