Does the fact that some people take moral issue with the actions of a single company mean that the work done in that entire field can't be interesting? There's a reason people watch spy movies and why lots of little kids pretend to be special agents and spies when they're playing in the back yard. It's interesting to a lot of people.

Widely suspected is nothing but speculation, and intelligence agencies aren’t exactly moral. Apple cooperates with China, but do people care when they buy their products?

You’re going to have to give the names of the journalists targeted and the country instead of vague suspicions that you say are wide.