Authoritarian regimes are often far less technologically advanced than free countries. They will often import technology from free countries and be constrained by whatever freedom respecting decisions they've made.
China is an authoritarian regime that is as technologically advanced as the US and Western Europe, and they will gladly export freedom restricting technology.
This is like saying that the weapons advanced countries sell to less advanced countries are more "life-respecting".
Imagine a world where a gun sold is by the US to a poor wartorn nation. When the trigger is pulled, it does facial recognition to figure out who it is aimed at, and if it detects someone friendly to US interests, it will refuse to hit them.
> Imagine a world where a gun sold is by the US to a poor wartorn nation