Syrian activists are being killed right now and identified, amongst other means, through smartphone spywares.

In Myanmar, this kind of thing has circulated : http://www.crime-research.org/news/05.10.2007/2928/

Another virus, sent to the Dalai Lama's office, was used to track Tibetan sympathizers, probably by the Chinese government.

There are REAL cases where REAL people's life is put in danger. Everyone uses email know and usually do that on insecure platforms.

I almost support the person in this article, but I wished he would sell only to Europe and USA out of ethical concerns instead of simple profit optimization, because otherwise, he would have the same responsibility as an arms dealer selling weapons to Syria.